The Scarlet Letter

As Chillingworth physically deteriorates, what simile does the author use to describe him?

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"All his strength and energy—all his vital and intellectual force—seemed at once to desert him; insomuch that he positively withered up, shrivelled away, and almost vanished from mortal sight, like an uprooted weed that lies wilting in the sun."

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The Scarlet Letter