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2093
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. 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
e time, that they still remained wakeful by the spring of bubbling water, looking down through the village, and all along the moonlighted road, and at the queer old houses, and at the trees which thrust their great twisted branches almost into the windows. There was only a sort of mistiness over their minds like the smoky air of an early autumn night. At length, without any vivid astonishment, they became conscious that a great many people were either entering the village or already in the street, but whether they came from the meeting-house, or from a little beyond it, or where the devil 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.  BUT THEY CONCEIVED AT THE TIME THAT THEY STILL REMAINED WAKEFUL BY THE SPRING OF BUBBLING WATER LOOKING DOWN THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND ALL ALONG THE MOONLIGHTED ROAD AND AT THE QUEER OLD HOUSES AND AT THE TREES WHICH THRUST THEIR GREAT TWISTED BRANCHES ALMOST INTO THE WINDOWS THERE WAS ONLY A SORT OF MISTINESS OVER THEIR MINDS LIKE THE SMOKY AIR OF AN EARLY AUTUMN NIGHT AT LENGTH WITHOUT ANY VIVID ASTONISHMENT THEY BECAME CONSCIOUS THAT A GREAT MANY PEOPLE WERE EITHER ENTERING THE VILLAGE OR ALREADY IN THE STREET BUT WHETHER THEY CAME FROM THE MEETING HOUSE OR FROM A LITTLE BEYOND IT OR WHERE THE DEVIL 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
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