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large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
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. 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
 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 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. 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. ERSON 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 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 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
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