large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_73
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
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. 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
 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. 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. E 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 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
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