Im literally so st upid

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

What is meant by “eternally burning black pipes”? what is this implying about the personality of the firemen?

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?