large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_31
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
The figure, noticed as coming behind all the rest, had now surmounted the ascent from the mill, and proved to be an elderly lady with something in her hand. THE FIGURE NOTICED AS COMING BEHIND ALL THE REST HAD NOW SURMOUNTED THE ASCENT FROM THE MILL AND PROVED TO BE AN ELDERLY LADY WITH SOMETHING IN HER HAND
 of ordinary bulk infinitely produced, as the mathematicians say; while the brevity and thickness of his colleague seemed a compression of the same man. These four talked with great earnestness, and their gestures intimated that they had revived the ancient dispute about the meeting-house steeple. The grave person in black spoke with composed solemnity, as if he were addressing a Synod; the short deacon grunted out occasional sentences, as brief as himself; his tall brother drew the long thread of his argument through the whole discussion, and (reasoning from analogy) his voice must indubitably have been small and squeaking. But the little old man in gold-lace was evidently scorched by his own red-hot eloquence; he bounced from one to another, shook his cane at the steeple, at the two deacons, and almost in the parson’s face, stamping with his foot fiercely enough to break a hole through the very earth; though, indeed, it could not exactly be said that the green grass bent beneath him. ND 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 THESE FOUR TALKED WITH GREAT EARNESTNESS AND THEIR GESTURES INTIMATED THAT THEY HAD REVIVED THE ANCIENT DISPUTE ABOUT THE MEETING HOUSE STEEPLE THE GRAVE PERSON IN BLACK SPOKE WITH COMPOSED SOLEMNITY AS IF HE WERE ADDRESSING A SINON AND THE SHORT DEACON GRUNTED OUT OCCASIONAL SENTENCES AS BRIEF AS HIMSELF HIS TALL BROTHER DREW THE LONG THREAD OF HIS ARGUMENT THROUGH THE WHOLE DISCUSSION AND REASONING FROM ANALOGY HIS VOICE MUST INDUBITABLY HAVE BEEN SMALL AND SQUEAKING BUT THE LITTLE OLD MAN IN GOLD LACE WAS EVIDENTLY SCORCHED BY HIS OWN RED HOT ELOQUENCE HE BOUNCED FROM ONE TO ANOTHER SHOOK HIS CANE AT THE STEEPLE AT THE TWO DEACONS AND ALMOST IN THE PARSON'S FACE STAMPING WITH HIS FOOT FIERCELY ENOUGH TO BREAK A HOLE THROUGH THE VERY EARTH THOUGH INDEED IT COULD NOT EXACTLY BE SAID THAT THE GREEN GRASS BENT BENEATH HIM
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