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"Ketched in the rain, be ye?" he greeted. CATCHED IN THE REIN BE YEA HE GREETED
 over a high forehead fell a shock of white hair little thinned by the years. His blue eyes, though a trifle bloodshot, seemed inexplicably keen and burning. But for his horrible unkemptness the man would have been as distinguished-looking as he was impressive. This unkemptness, however, made him offensive despite his face and figure. Of what his clothing consisted I could hardly tell, for it seemed to me no more than a mass of tatters surmounting a pair of high, heavy boots; and his lack of cleanliness surpassed description. The appearance of this man, and the instinctive fear he inspired, prepared me for something like enmity; so that I almost shuddered through surprise and a sense of uncanny incongruity when he motioned me to a chair and addressed me in a thin, weak voice full of fawning respect and ingratiating hospitality. His speech was very curious, an extreme form of Yankee dialect I had thought long extinct; and I studied it closely as he sat down opposite me for conversation. NE MIGHT EXPECT WHILE OVER A HIGH FOREHEAD FELL A SHOCK OF WHITE HAIR LITTLE THINNED BY THE EARS HIS BLUE EYES THOUGH A TRIFLE BLOODSHOT SEEMED INEXPLICABLY KEEN AND BURNING BUT FOR HIS HORRIBLE UNKEMPTNESS THE MAN WOULD HAVE BEEN AS DISTINGUISHED LOOKING AS HE WAS IMPRESSIVE THIS UNKEMPTNESS HOWEVER MADE HIM OFFENSIVE DESPITE HIS FACE AND FIGURE OF WHAT HIS CLOTHING CONSISTED I COULD HARDLY TELL FOR IT SEEMED TO ME NO MORE THAN A MASS OF TATTERS SURMOUNTING A PAIR OF HIGH HEAVY BOOTS AND HIS LACK OF CLEANLINESS SURPASSED DESCRIPTION THE APPEARANCE OF THIS MAN AND THE INSTINCTIVE FEAR HE INSPIRED PREPARED ME FOR SOMETHING LIKE ENMITY SO THAT I ALMOST SHUDDERED THROUGH SURPRISE AND A SENSE OF UNCANNY INCONGRUITY WHEN HE MOTIONED ME TO A CHAIR AND ADDRESSED ME IN A THIN WEAK VOICE FULL OF FAWNING RESPECT AND INGRATIATING HOSPITALITY HIS SPEECH WAS VERY CURIOUS AN EXTREME FORM OF YANKEE DIALECT I HAD THOUGHT LONG EXTINCT AND I STUDIED IT CLOSELY AS HE SAT DOWN OPPOSITE ME FOR CONVERSATION
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