large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_8
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
There was one figure behind all the rest, and not yet near enough to be perfectly distinguished. "Where on earth, David, do all these odd people come from?" said Esther, with a lazy inclination to laugh. "Nowhere on earth, Esther," replied David, unknowing why he said so. THERE WAS ONE FIGURE BEHIND ALL THE REST AND NOT YET NEAR ENOUGH TO BE PERFECTLY DISTINGUISHED WHERE ON EARTH DAVID DO ALL THESE ODD PEOPLE COME FROM SAID ESTHER WITH A LAZY INCLINATION TO LAUGH NOWHERE ON EARTH ESTHER REPLIED DAVID ON KNOWING WHY HE SAID SO
n could be determined. Certainly, a crowd of people seemed to be there, men, women, and children, all of whom were yawning and rubbing their eyes, stretching their limbs, and staggering from side to side of the road, as if but partially awakened from a sound slumber. Sometimes they stood stock-still, with their hands over their brows to shade their sight from the moonbeams. As they drew near, most of their countenances appeared familiar to Esther and David, possessing the peculiar features of families in the village, and that general air and aspect by which a person would recognize his own townsmen in the remotest ends of the earth. But though the whole multitude might have been taken, in the mass, for neighbors and acquaintances, there was not a single individual whose exact likeness they had ever before seen. It was a noticeable circumstance, also, that the newest fashioned garment on the backs of these people might have been worn by the great-grandparents of the existing generation. THEY CAME FROM WAS MORE THAN COULD BE DETERMINED CERTAINLY A CROWD OF PEOPLE SEEMED TO BE THERE MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALL OF WHOM WERE YAWNING AND RUBBING THEIR EYES STRETCHING THEIR LIMBS AND STAGGERING FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AS IF BUT PARTIALLY AWAKENED FROM A SOUND SLUMBER SOMETIMES THEY STOOD STOCK STILL WITH THEIR HANDS OVER THEIR BROWS TO SHADE THEIR SIGHT FROM THE MOONBEAMS AS THEY DREW NEAR MOST OF THEIR COUNTENANCES APPEARED FAMILIAR TO ESTHER AND DAVID POSSESSING THE PECULIAR FEATURES OF FAMILIES IN THE VILLAGE AND THAT GENERAL AIR AND ASPECT BY WHICH A PERSON WOULD RECOGNIZE HIS OWN TOWNSMEN IN THE REMOTEST ENDS OF THE EARTH BUT THOUGH THE WHOLE MULTITUDE MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN MASS FOR NEIGHBORS AND ACQUAINTANCES THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE EXACT LIKENESS THEY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE IT WAS A NOTICEABLE CIRCUMSTANCE ALSO THAT THE NEWEST FASHIONED GARMENT ON THE BACKS OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORN BY THE GREAT GRANDPARENTS OF THE EXISTING GENERATION
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