12. When Dimmesdale leaves the forest after meeting with Hester, all the fol- lowing are temptations for him except A. telling blasphemous thoughts about the communion-supper to a deacon

B. denying there is immortality to an old woman

C. stealing candlesticks from the meeting house

D. telling wicked words to Puntan children

E. telling jokes and shaking hands with raucous sailors