第22部分(第6/7 頁)

　How　may　this　be；　unless　you　firstlay　open　to　him　the　wound　or　trouble　in　your　soul？〃 〃No！…　not　to　thee！…　not　to　an　earthly　physician！〃　cried　Mr。Dimmesdale　passionately；　and　turning　his　eyes；　full　and　bright；　andwith　a　kind　of　fierceness；　on　old　Roger　Chillingworth。　〃Not　to　thee！But；　if　it　be　the　soul's　disease；　then　do　I　mit　myself　to　the　onePhysician　of　the　soul！　He；　if　it　stand　with　His　good　pleasure；　cancure；　or　He　can　kill！　Let　Him　do　with　me　as；　in　His　justice　andwisdom；　He　shall　see　good。　But　who　art　thou；　that　meddlest　in　thismatter？…　that　dares　thrust　himself　between　the　sufferer　and　his　God？〃 With　a　frantic　gesture；　he　rushed　out　of　the　room。 〃It　is　as　well　to　have　made　this　step；〃　said　Roger　Chillingworthto　himself；　looking　after　the　minister；　with　a　grave　smile。　〃Thereis　nothing　lost。　We　shall　be　friends　again　anon。　But　see；　now；　howpassion　takes　hold　upon　this　man；　and　hurrieth　him　out　of　himself！As　with　one　passion；　so　with　another！　He　hath　done　a　wild　thing　erenow；　this　pious　Master　Dimmesdale；　in　the　hot　passion　of　his　heart！〃 It　proved　not　difficult　to　re…establish　the　intimacy　of　the　twopanions；　on　the　same　footing　and　in　the　same　degree　asheretofore。　The　young　clergyman；　after　a　few　hours　of　privacy；　wassensible　that　the　disorder　of　his　nerves　had　hurried　him　into　anunseemly　outbreak　of　temper；　which　there　had　been　nothing　in　thephysician's　words　to　excuse　or　palliate。　He　marvelled；　indeed；　atthe　violence　with　which　he　had　thrust　back　the　kind　old　man；　whenmerely　proffering　the　advice　which　it　was　his　duty　to　bestow；　andwhich　the　minister　himself　had　expressly　sought。　With　these　remorsefulfeelings；　he　lost　no　time　in　making　the　amplest　apologies；　andbesought　his　friend　still　to　continue　the　care；　which；　if　notsuccessful　in　restoring　him　to　health；