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large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
The next in importance was a grave person of sixty or seventy years, whose black suit and hand sufficiently indicated his character, and the polished baldness of whose head was worthy of a famous preacher in the village, half a century before, who had made wigs a subject of pulpit denunciation. THE NEXT IN IMPORTANCE WAS A GRAVE PERSON OF SIXTY OR SEVENTY YEARS WHOSE BLACK SUIT AND HAND SUFFICIENTLY INDICATED HIS CHARACTER AND THE POLISHED BALDNESS OF WHOSE HEAD WAS WORTHY OF A FAMOUS PREACHER IN THE VILLAGE HALF A CENTURY BEFORE WHO HAD MADE WHIGS A SUBJECT OF PULPIT DENUNCIATION
relessly dressed, who ever and anon cast a sad look towards the pale maiden above mentioned. With these there sat a hunter, and one or two others, and they were soon joined by a miller, who came upward from the dusty mill, his coat as white as if besprinkled with powdered starlight. All these (by the aid of jests, which might indeed be old, but had not been recently repeated) waxed very merry, and it was rather strange, that just as their sides shook with the heartiest laughter, they appeared greatly like a group of shadows flickering in the moonshine. Four personages, very different from these, stood in front of the large house with its periwig of creeping plants. One was a little elderly figure, distinguished by the gold on his three-cornered bat and sky-blue coat, and by the seal of arms annexed to his great gold watch-chain; his air and aspect befitted a Justice of Peace and County Major, and all earth’s pride and pomposity were squeezed into this small gentleman of five feet high.  THIN YOUNG MAN CARELESSLY DRESSED WHO EVER AND ANON CAST A SAD LOOK TOWARD THE PALE MAIDEN ABOVE MENTIONED WITH THESE THERE SAT A HUNTER AND ONE OR TWO OTHERS AND THEY WERE SOON JOINED BY A MILLER WHO CAME UPWARDS FROM THE DUSTY MILL HIS COAT AS WHITE AS IF BESPRINKLED WITH POWDERED STARLIGHT ALL OF THESE BY THE AID OF JESTS WHICH MIGHT INDEED BE OLD BUT HAD NOT BEEN RECENTLY REPEATED WAXED VERY MERRY AND IT WAS RATHER STRANGE THAT JUST AS THEIR SIDES SHOOK WITH THE HEARTIEST LAUGHTER THEY APPEARED GREATLY LIKE A GROUP OF SHADOWS FLICKERING IN THE MOONSHINE FOUR PERSONAGES VERY DIFFERENT FROM THESE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE LARGE HOUSE WITH ITS PERIWIG OF CREEPING PLANTS ONE WAS A LITTLE ELDERLY FIGURE DISTINGUISHED BY THE GOLD ON HIS THREE CORNERED HAT AND SKY BLUE COAT AND BY THE SEAL OF ARMS AND NECKS TO HIS GREAT GOLD WATCH CHAIN HIS AIR AND ASPECT BEFITTED A JUSTICE OF PEACE AND COUNTY MAJOR AND ALL EARTH'S PRIDE AND POMPOSITY WERE SQUEEZED INTO THIS SMALL GENTLEMAN OF FIVE FEET HIGH
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