"But, throughout it all, and through the whole discourse, there had been a certain deep, sad undertone of pathos, which could not be interpreted otherwise than as the natural regret of one soon to pass away" (222).
This quotation is the first that says Dimmesdale is really dying and that the people know it. They can tell in the way that he is speaking and the tone of his voice. He uses much pathos and they can see that. This is kind of Dimmesdales farewell speech of life. It is his confession of everything to everyone right before he dies so he can die with a cleared slate.
"Were there not the brilliant particles of a halo in the air above his head?" (224).
Here, you can tell that the people still see Dimmesdale as a saint here on earth. They still see him that even though they know he has faults and that he has made mistakes.
reverberating-(reverberate), to reecho or resound. (dictionary.com)
This...was felt to be an irrepressible outburst of enthusiasm kindled in the auditors by that high strain of eloquence which was yet reverberating in their ears.
zenith- the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. ( dictionary.com)
Within the church, it had hardly been kept down; beneath the sky, it pealed upward to the zenith.
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