Chillingworth dove deep into Dimmesdale, in a cruel attempt to dig up some dirt and make Dimmesdale confess what Chillingworth suspected of him. Hawthorne points out that Chillingworth, “digging at the heart of the poor clergyman, like a miner in search of gold; or rather, like a sexton rummaging in a tomb, perhaps looking for a jewel. . . but it is probable that they will find nothing but mortality and corruption” (118). Chillingworth was determined and determined to find something to incriminate Dimmesdale. All this inner exploration weakened Dimmesdale, but he still didn't want to reveal his secret. At the end of chapter ten, Chillingworth suspecting that Dimmesdale had more to hide, he decided to look at Dimmesdale's chest, under his clothing, while he slept. Hawthorne doesn't tell us exactly what Chillingworth saw on Dimmesdale's exposed chest, but there must have been something to trigger Chillingworth's curious actions. Seeing what he saw, “he raised his arms to the ceiling and stamped his foot on the floor” (Hawthorne 127). Seeing Dimmesdale's doughy chest would probably not have triggered such "ecstasy" in Chillingworth (Hawthorne