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large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
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. 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
t 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. 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. As they spoke, the strangers showed some symptoms of disquietude, 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. D 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 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 AS THEY SPOKE THE STRANGERS SHOWED SOME SYMPTOMS OF DISQUIETUDE 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
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