The Scarlet Letter

Scarlet Letter question

Why is the allusion to Daniel appropriate when the townsman converses with the stranger?

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The father of Hester's child was unknown and she would not speak, the allusion to Daniel inferred that unless God or angels would write on the wall.... no man would ever know.

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