Hester Prynne

"What evil have i done? The man asked roger chillingworth. For having cast off all duty towards other human beings, there remained a duty towards him," he replied. "And something whispered me that i was betraying it in pledging myself to keep your counsel." Since that day, no man is so near to him as you. You tread behind his every footstep. You are beside him, sleeping and waking. You burrow rankle in his heart. Your clutch is on his life, and you cause him to die daily, a living death. And still he knows you not".