"It is singular, nevertheless, that certain persons, who were spectators of the whole scene, and professed never once to have removed their eyes from the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, denied that there was any mark whatever on his breast, more than on a new-born infant's."
these people, who "were spectators of the WHOLE scene" (we can understand here scene as deal, they followed the affair from the beginning) understand that actually Dimmesdale was not a sinner, because as we said his sin was not real. (infant=purity)
or, we can look at it with another point of view: after Dimmesdale confessed his sin, the symbol of the sin disappeared.
Yes, the idea of confession here is important.
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