Chapter 3, 'The Recognition'
His arrival at the marketplace, recognizing Hester from the crowd.
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Hester's deformed scholar-husband appears at the edge of the crowd, places a finger to his lips, and adopts the alias Chillingworth to pursue revenge.
Chapter 4, 'The Interview'
In the prison cell he extracts Hester's vow of silence and pledges to find her lover: 'He bears no letter of infamy wrought into his garment, as thou dost; but I shall read it on his heart.'
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