One of this author's characters says, "The twelfth of May!
In one work by this author, a man whose face is colored half black and half red says that the title figure will pass by within an hour; when that title character appears, he is tarred-and-feathered in the middle of a large crowd. One of this author's characters says, "The twelfth of May! I should remember it well" before accidentally shooting his son; that story ends with the death of Cyrus, the son of Dorcas and Reuben, in the place where Reuben failed to grant (*) "Roger Malvin's Burial." A scientist concocts a potion for his wife, Georgiana, to drink to remove a hand shaped red spot from her cheek in a story by this author who wrote of Mr. Hooper's title garment in another. For 10 points, name the author of "My Kinsman, Major Molineux," "The Birth-Mark," and "The Minister's Black Veil," who also wrote The Scarlet Letter.
In one work by this author, a man whose face is colored half black and half red says that the title figure will pass by within an hour; when that title character appears, he is tarred-and-feathered in the middle of a large crowd.
Nathaniel Hawthorne