The book keeps talking about Pearls beauty and the fire within her. Hester and her have a weird conversation... if you could call it that (Pearl is only three). Hester asks her who she is and she answers "I am your little Pearl!" and Hester asks her about her Heavenly Father to which Pearl replies "I have no heavenly father!" It was a very awkward conversation, Pearl seems to be extremely intellegent for her age. I love the fire within her but her nature and the way Hester reacts towards her is strange to me.