Both Uses of
persist
in
The Scarlet Letter
- "And what other time?" persisted the child.†
p. 142.2 *persisted = continued
- So Pearl—the elf child—the demon offspring, as some people up to that epoch persisted in considering her—became the richest heiress of her day in the New World.†
p. 243.2
Definition:
to continue -- often despite difficulty or to repeat a question