The Scarlet Letter (Liesl) Beginning to read it

As I'm beginning to read The Scarlet Letter, I realize this may be sort of hard to read because of all the words that I don't know. In the first two chapters, Hawthorne (the author/narrator) talks about the prison door. Thats all he talks about in the first chapter. But in the second chapter Hester Prynne(the main character) comes out from the door and is holding a baby. She is wearing an very detailed A on the right side of her chest.