Roger Chillingworth's Ecstasy

After the incident last described, the intercourse between the clergyman and the physician was really of another character than it had previously been. The intellect of Roger Chillingworth had now a sufficiently plain path before it. It was not indeed precisely that which he had laid out for himself to tread. There was yet we fear a quiet depth of malice, hitherto latent, but active now in this unfortunate old man. This led him to imagine a more intimate revenge than any mortal had ever wreaked upon an enemy. All that dark treasure to be lavished on the very man, to whom nothing else could so adequately pay the debt of vengeance.

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