"But it is not recorded that, in a single instance, her skill was called in aid to embroider the white veil which was to cover the pure blushes of a bride. The exception indicated the ever relentless vigor with which society frowned upon her sin."
Hester is trying to make a living to feed her and her daughter. She is very skilled at making clothes. But everyone thought everything she did would be sinned. She was not allowed to make stuff for brides, because they thought she would ruin the brides pureness. I don't think she was really sad about not being able to do this. She has already been "banished" from everything. I don't think she could loose much more.
This reinforces the impurity of the clothes she does make (impure in the minds of those who ask her and pay her little).
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