large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_44
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
While these scenes were passing, the one figure in the rear of all the rest was descending the hollow towards the mill, and the eyes of David and Esther were drawn thence to a pair with whom they could fully sympathize. WHILE THESE SCENES WERE PASSING THE ONE FIGURE IN THE REAR OF ALL THE REST WAS DESCENDING THE HOLLOW TOWARD THE MILL AND THE EYES OF DAVID AND ESTHER WERE DRAWN THENCE TO A PAIR WITH WHOM THEY COULD FULLY SYMPATHIZE
ed the shade of melancholy; they pointed to each other the minutest objects about the homesteads, things in their hearts, and were now comparing them with the originals. But where hollow places by the wayside, grass-grown and uneven, with unsightly chimneys rising ruinous in the midst, gave indications of a fallen dwelling and of hearths long cold, there did a few of the strangers sit them down on the mouldering beams, and on the yellow moss that had overspread the door-stone. The men folded their arms, sad and speechless; the women wrung their hands with a more vivid expression of grief; and the little children tottered to their knees, shrinking away from the open grave of domestic love. And wherever a recent edifice reared its white and flashy front on the foundation of an old one, there a gray-haired man might be seen to shake his staff in anger at it, while his aged dame and their offspring appeared to join in their maledictions, forming a fearful picture in the ghostly moon light.  SO DEEP THAT IT ASSUMED THE SHADE OF MELANCHOLY THEY POINTED TO EACH OTHER THE MINUTEST OBJECTS ABOUT THE HOMESTEADS THINGS IN THEIR HEARTS AND WERE NOW COMPARING THEM WITH THE ORIGINALS BUT WHERE HOLLOW PLACES BY THE WAYSIDE GRASS GROWN AND UNEVEN WITH UNSIGHTLY CHIMNEYS RISING RUINOUS IN THE MIDST GAVE EVIDENCES OF A FALLEN DWELLING AND OF HEARTHS LONG COLD THERE DID A FEW OF THE STRANGERS SIT THEM DOWN ON THE MOULDERING BEAMS AND ON THE YELLOW MOSS THAT HAD OVERSPREAD THE DOOR STONE THE MEN FOLDED THEIR ARMS SAD AND SPEECHLESS THE WOMEN WRUNG THEIR HANDS WITH A MORE VIVID EXPRESSION OF GRIEF AND THE LITTLE CHILDREN TOTTERED TO THEIR KNEES SHRINKING AWAY FROM THE OPEN GRAVE OF DOMESTIC LOVE AND WHEREVER A RECENT EDIFICE REARED ITS WHITE AND FLASHY FRONT ON THE FOUNDATION OF AN OLD ONE THERE A GREY HAIRED MAN MIGHT BE SEEN TO SHAKE HIS STAFF IN ANGER AT IT WHILE HIS AGED DAME AND THEIR OFFSPRING APPEARED TO JOIN IN THEIR MALEDICTIONS FORMING A FEARFUL PICTURE IN THE GHOSTLY MOONLIGHT
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