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Chapter 14

"I have surely acted a false part by the only man to whom the power was left me to be true!” Hester is aware of what she has done. She knows that not telling Mr. Dimmesdale about the secret between Roger Chillingworth and her has been killing him. She knows what Roger Chillingworth has done to him, to give him medicines just to torture him. She realizes that she was trapped, and by concluding this promise with Roger Chillingworth killed the man who she loves and cares most about slowly.  Since Mr. Dimmesdale was the only man who knew about who she slept with in the beginning (since it was him), he is the only one she can be 100% honest to.