Bounded Linear Operator and the Adjoint

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Let $S$ be a linear operator with dense domain $\mathcal{D}(S)$ in the Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. Assume that the domain $\mathcal{D}(S)$ belongs to a larger domain, namely $\mathcal{D}(S) \subset \mathcal{D}(T)$, where $T$ is a bounded linear operator.

Given the aforementioned setup is it true that:

1) The domain $\mathcal{D}(T)$ is dense in $\mathcal{H}$.

2) The linear operator $S$ is bounded on $\mathcal{D}(S)$.

The reason that I ask 1) and 2) is that I am trying to deduce information about the adjoint operators $S^*$ and $T^*$ given the data.

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If $T$ is bounded then $D(T)=H$ by definition. Therefore, $2$ is false as well.

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