The Scarlet Letter

How did Hester feel when putting on the "letter"

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"...I happened to place it on my breast....It seemed to me then, that I experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet almost so, as of a burning heat; and as if the letter were not of red cloth, but red-hot iron. I shuddered, and involuntarily let it fall upon the floor."

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The Scarlet Letter