Chapter 14:
56. During his conversation with Hester, what opinion of Dimmesdale's character does Chillingworth offer? Why does he refuse to leave him alone? Why does he insist that Dimmesdale has "increased the debt"?
- Chillingworth thinks that without him Dimmesdale would have died within two years of the sin he committed, so he won't leave because he he is helping Dimmsdale out with his sin.
- Chillingworth thinks that without him Dimmesdale would have died within two years of the sin he committed, so he won't leave because he he is helping Dimmsdale out with his sin.