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"May god forgive us both! We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world! There is one worse than even the polluted priest! That old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart. Thou and I, Hester, never did so!"
This means that the sin of adultery they've committed wasn't nearly as bad as Chillingworth's revenge. 'His sin is the worse than even the polluted priest's.'
Danny - your entries are good and insightful, but on the low end. You need 35 for a C. With 32, C-.
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