The Scarlet Letter

What kind of father does Hester say her baby will have?

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This quote pretty well sums it up,

"I will not speak!" answered Hester, turning pale as death, but responding to this voice, which she too surely recognized. "And my child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!"

This meaning God will be her father.