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If Esther didn't exist, I probably wouldn't mind it that much. But Esther is so much nicer, not to mention less hissy. And the Scarlet Letter connection doesn't help; compared with Esther in Bleak House, Hester lacks energy and oomph.

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And I must admit that I had a Hester colleague once who would have put me right off any name in the entire solar system - make that the galaxy. Usually I can ignore that kind of association, but she was ... different.