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Chapter 11: //The Interior of a Heart//
 * After “seeing” DD’s chest, CW becomes obsessed and it “led him to imagine a more intimate revenge than any mortal had ever wreaked upon an enemy” (144).
 * DD, still unaware of CW’s actions, feels “constantly a dim perception of some evil influence watching over him” but cannot figure out what it is (145).
 * While suffering “under bodily disease” DD becomes even more popular as a minister. People feel an emotional connection with his sermons and sorrows expressed.
 * DD feels tortured longs “to speak out, from his own pulpit” and say he is “utterly a pollution and a lie” (148-149).
 * He frequently tells his parishioners of his sins but they just respect him more for it and assume he hasn’t done anything really wrong. DD is tortured by his secrets…