"Why dost thou smile so at me?" inquired Hester, troubled at the expression of his eyes. "Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruin of my soul?"
"Not thy soul," he answered, with another smile. "No, not thine!"
The first smile that Roger Chillingworth gives to Hester tells us that Roger is very confident that he will find the baby's father. When Hester asks Roger about if he is going to take revenge and ruin her soul, Roger answers "not thy soul", which foreshadows he is not going to ruin her soul but the man's. Roger Chillingworth smiles again at the end and that shows his excitement for taking the revenge.
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