large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_81
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
The two other figures, both clad in dark gray, showed the sobriety of Deacons; one was ridiculously tall and thin, like a man of ordinary bulk infinitely produced, as the mathematicians say; while the brevity and thickness of his colleague seemed a compression of the same man. THE TWO OTHER FIGURES BOTH CLAD IN DARK GREY SHOWED THE SOBRIETY OF DEACONS ONE WAS RIDICULOUSLY TALL AND THIN LIKE A MAN OF ORDINARY BULK INFINITELY PRODUCED AS THE MATHEMATICIANS SAY WHILE THE BREVITY AND THICKNESS OF HIS COLLEAGUE SEEMED A COMPRESSION OF THE SAME MAN
y 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. 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. HT 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 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
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb.flac