large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_76
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
One was a little elderly figure, distinguished 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. ONE WAS A LITTLE ELDERLY FIGURE 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
a veteran belonging to an old Provincial garrison, now deaf to the roll-call. Another showed his rough face under a tarry hat and wore a pair of wide trousers, like an ancient mariner who bad tossed away his youth upon the sea, and was returned, hoary and weather-beaten, to his inland home. There was also a thin young man, carelessly dressed, who ever and anon cast a sad look towards the pale maiden above mentioned. With these there sat a hunter, and one or two others, and they were soon joined by a miller, who came upward from the dusty mill, his coat as white as if besprinkled with powdered starlight. All these (by the aid of jests, which might indeed be old, but had not been recently repeated) waxed very merry, and it was rather strange, that just as their sides shook with the heartiest laughter, they appeared greatly like a group of shadows flickering in the moonshine. Four personages, very different from these, stood in front of the large house with its periwig of creeping plants. E APPROPRIATE MARKS OF A VETERAN BELONGING TO AN OLD PROVINCIAL GARRISON NOW DEAF TO THE ROLL CALL ANOTHER SHOWED HIS ROUGH FACE UNDER A TARRY HAT AND WORE A PAIR OF WIDE TROUSERS LIKE AN ANCIENT MARINER WHO BAD TOSSED AWAY HIS YOUTH UPON THE SEA AND WAS RETURNED HOARY AND WEATHER BEATEN TO HIS INLAND HOME THERE WAS ALSO A THIN YOUNG MAN CARELESSLY DRESSED WHO EVER AND ANON CAST A SAD LOOK TOWARD THE PALE MAIDEN ABOVE MENTIONED WITH THESE THERE SAT A HUNTER AND ONE OR TWO OTHERS AND THEY WERE SOON JOINED BY A MILLER WHO CAME UPWARDS FROM THE DUSTY MILL HIS COAT AS WHITE AS IF BESPRINKLED WITH POWDERED STARLIGHT ALL OF THESE BY THE AID OF JESTS WHICH MIGHT INDEED BE OLD BUT HAD NOT BEEN RECENTLY REPEATED WAXED VERY MERRY AND IT WAS RATHER STRANGE THAT JUST AS THEIR SIDES SHOOK WITH THE HEARTIEST LAUGHTER THEY APPEARED GREATLY LIKE A GROUP OF SHADOWS FLICKERING IN THE MOONSHINE FOUR PERSONAGES VERY DIFFERENT FROM THESE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE LARGE HOUSE WITH ITS PERIWIG OF CREEPING PLANTS
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