Dimmesdale is afraid that Pearl won’t accept him as her father since he’s never been there for her and he left them on the scaffold when she asked him to join her but he declined.
Due to her mother’s unwanted presence in the Puritan community, Pearl has gotten use to her life of isolation. She has grown up with the animals and the dark forest so she feels comfortable.
Pearl is one with nature, she is pure and nature accepts her adolescent innocence.
Dimmesdale said that he worried