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Guess yew hail from Bosting, don't ye? GUESS YOU HAIL FROM BOSTON DON'T YE
 this man, and the instinctive fear he inspired, prepared me for something like enmity; so that I almost shuddered through surprise and a sense of uncanny incongruity when he motioned me to a chair and addressed me in a thin, weak voice full of fawning respect and ingratiating hospitality. His speech was very curious, an extreme form of Yankee dialect I had thought long extinct; and I studied it closely as he sat down opposite me for conversation. “Ketched in the rain, be ye?” he greeted. “Glad ye was nigh the haouse en’ hed the sense ta come right in. I calc’late I was asleep, else I’d a heerd ye—I ain’t as young as I uster be, an’ I need a paowerful sight o’ naps naowadays. Trav’lin’ fur? I hain’t seed many folks ’long this rud sence they tuk off the Arkham stage.” I replied that I was going to Arkham, and apologised for my rude entry into his domicile, whereupon he continued. “Glad ta see ye, young Sir—new faces is scurce arount here, an’ I hain’t got much ta cheer me up these days. ESCRIPTION THE APPEARANCE OF THIS MAN AND THE INSTINCTIVE FEAR HE INSPIRED PREPARED ME FOR SOMETHING LIKE ENMITY SO THAT I ALMOST SHUDDERED THROUGH SURPRISE AND A SENSE OF UNCANNY INCONGRUITY WHEN HE MOTIONED ME TO A CHAIR AND ADDRESSED ME IN A THIN WEAK VOICE FULL OF FAWNING RESPECT AND INGRATIATING HOSPITALITY HIS SPEECH WAS VERY CURIOUS AN EXTREME FORM OF YANKEE DIALECT I HAD THOUGHT LONG EXTINCT AND I STUDIED IT CLOSELY AS HE SAT DOWN OPPOSITE ME FOR CONVERSATION CATCHED IN THE REIN BE YEA HE GREETED GLAD YE WAS NIGH THE HOUSE AND HAD THE SENSE TO COME RIGHT IN I CALCULATE I WAS ASLEEP ELSE I'D HA HEERD YE I AIN'T AS YOUNG AS I USED TO BE AN I NEED A POWERFUL SIGHT O NAPS NIGH DAYS TRAVELIN FUR I HAIN'T SEEN MANY FOLKS ALONG THIS ROAD SINCE THEY TOOK OFF THE ARKUM STAGE I REPLIED THAT I WAS GOING TO ARKUM AND APOLOGIZED FOR MY RUDE ENTRY INTO HIS DOMICILE WHEREUPON HE CONTINUED GLAD TO SEE YOU YOUNG SIR NEW FACES IS SCURCE AROUND HERE AND I HAIN'T GOT MUCH TO CHEER ME UP THESE DAYS
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