Hawthorne also suggests that Hester wouldn't want to meet Dimmesdale in his study, which would be the most appropriate place for his parishioner to meet him, because she fears that Chillingworth may be about, and wants to convey her secret knowledge of Chillingworth to him.
"...she dreaded the secret or undisguised interference of old Roger Chillingworth..." and since her discussion is to be about how Roger is harming him, (...make known to him the true character of his intimacy...") prudence would suggest she do it in secret.
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