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English
2093
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. 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
re 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. 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. But though the whole multitude might have been taken, in the mass, for neighbors and acquaintances, there was not a single individual whose exact likeness they had ever before seen.  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 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 BUT THOUGH THE WHOLE MULTITUDE MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN MASS FOR NEIGHBORS AND ACQUAINTANCES THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE EXACT LIKENESS THEY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE
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