large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_86
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
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. 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
fountain for an instant, but immediately appeared to assume their own trains of thought and previous purposes. They now separated to different parts of the village, with a readiness that implied intimate local knowledge, and it may be worthy of remark, that, though they were evidently loquacious among themselves, neither their footsteps nor their voices reached the ears of the beholders. Wherever there was a venerable old house, of fifty years’ standing and upwards, surrounded by its elm or walnut trees, with its dark and weather-beaten barn, its well, its orchard and stone-walls, all ancient and all in good repair around it, there a little group of these people assembled. Such parties were mostly composed of an aged man and woman, with the younger members of a family; their faces were full of joy, 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.  AND LOOKED TOWARDS THE FOUNTAIN FOR AN INSTANT BUT IMMEDIATELY APPEARED TO ASSUME THEIR OWN TRAINS OF THOUGHT AND PREVIOUS PURPOSES THEY NOW SEPARATED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VILLAGE WITH A READINESS THAT IMPLIED INTIMATE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND IT MAY BE WORTHY OF REMARK THAT THOUGH THEY WERE EVIDENTLY LOQUACIOUS AMONG THEMSELVES NEITHER THEIR FOOTSTEPS NOR THEIR VOICES REACHED THE EARS OF THE BEHOLDERS WHEREVER THERE WAS A VENERABLE OLD HOUSE OF FIFTY YEARS STANDING AND UPWARDS SURROUNDED BY ITS ELM OR WALNUT TREES WITH ITS DARK AND WEATHER BEATEN BARN ITS WELL ITS ORCHARD AND STONE WALLS ALL ANCIENT AND ALL IN GOOD REPAIR AROUND IT THERE A LITTLE GROUP OF THESE PEOPLE ASSEMBLED SUCH PARTIES WERE MOSTLY COMPOSED OF AN AGED MAN AND WOMAN WITH THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF A FAMILY THEIR FACES WERE FULL OF JOY 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
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