9) Explain the following quote from Chillingworth to Dimmesdale: “Hadst thou sought the whole earth over, there was no one place so secret--no high place nor lowly place, where thou couldst have escaped me--save on this very scaffold!”

Chillingworth plans to take his revenge on Dimmesdale, even though he knows that some of his vengeance is not real since he caused some of Hester's sinful behavior. However, once Dimmesdale is on the scaffold, the secret is out and there is nothing to "blackmail" Dimmesdale with. His sin has been revealed to all the world and Chillingworth, thus, has no hold over the minister.

Chillingworth plans to take his revenge on Dimmesdale, even though he knows that some of his vengeance is not real since he caused some of Hester's sinful behavior. However, once Dimmesdale is on the scaffold, the secret is out and there is nothing to "blackmail" Dimmesdale with. His sin has been revealed to all the world and Chillingworth, thus, has no hold over the minister.