Hawthorne
also suggests thatwouldn't want to meetin his study, which would be the most appropriate place
for his parishioner to meet him, because she fears that Chillingworth may be about, and wants to
convey her secret knowledge of Chillingworth to him.
"...she dreaded
the secret or undisguised interference of old ..." and since her discussion is to be about
how Roger is harming him, (...make known to him the true character of his intimacy...")
prudence would suggest she do it in secret.
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