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articles　of　church…discipline。　Doomed　by　his　own　choice；　therefore；　asMr。　Dimmesdale　so　evidently　was；　to　eat　his　unsavoury　morsel　always　atanother's　board；　and　endure　the　lifelong　chill　which　must　be　his　lotwho　seeks　to　warm　himself　only　at　another's　fireside；　it　trulyseemed　that　this　sagacious；　experienced；　benevolent　old　physician；with　his　concord　of　paternal　and　reverential　love　for　the　youngpastor；　was　the　very　man；　of　all　mankind；　to　be　constantly　withinreach　of　his　voice。 The　new　abode　of　the　two　friends　was　with　a　pious　widow；　of　goodsocial　rank；　who　dwelt　in　a　house　covering　pretty　nearly　the　site　onwhich　the　venerable　structure　of　King's　Chapel　has　since　been　built。It　had　the　graveyard；　originally　Isaac　Johnson's　home…field；　on　oneside；　and　so　was　well　adapted　to　call　up　serious　reflections；　suitedto　their　respective　employments；　in　both　minister　and　man　of　physic。The　motherly　care　of　the　good　widow　assigned　to　Mr。　Dimmesdale　a　frontapartment；　with　a　sunny　exposure；　and　heavy　window…curtains；　to　createa　noon…tide　shadow；　when　desirable。　The　walls　were　hung　round　withtapestry；　said　to　be　from　the　Gobelin　looms；　and；　at　all　events；representing　the　Scriptural　story　of　David　and　Bathsheba；　and　Nathanthe　Prophet；　in　colours　still　unfaded；　but　which　made　the　fair　womanof　the　scene　almost　as　grimly　picturesque　as　the　woe…denouncingseer。　Here；　the　pale　clergyman　piled　up　his　library；　rich　withparchment…bound　folios　of　the　Fathers；　and　the　lore　of　Rabbis；　andmonkish　erudition；　of　which　the　Protestant　divines；　even　while　theyvilified　and　decried　that　class　of　writers；　were　yet　constrained　oftento　avail　themselves。　On　the　other　side　of　the　house；　old　RogerChillingworth　arranged　his　study　and　laboratory；　not　such　as　amodern　man　of　science　would　reckon　even　tolerably