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large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
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2093
"How hard this elderly lady works!" remarked David. "Go and help her, David," said Esther, compassionately. HOW HARD THIS ELDERLY LADY WORKS REMARKED DAVID GO AND HELP HER DAVID SAID ESTHER COMPASSIONATELY
rdly and avaricious expression, and forming an odd contrast to the splendor of her attire, as did likewise the implement which she held in her hand. It was a sort of iron shovel (by housewives termed a “slice”), such as is used in clearing the oven, and with this, selecting a spot between a walnut-tree and the fountain, the good dame made an earnest attempt to dig. The tender sods, however, possessed a strange impenetrability. They resisted her efforts like a quarry of living granite, and losing her breath, she cast down the shovel and seemed to bemoan herself most piteously, gnashing her teeth (what few she had) and wringing her thin yellow hands. Then, apparently with new hope, she resumed her toil, which still had the same result,--a circumstance the less surprising to David and Esther, because at times they would catch the moonlight shining through the old woman, and dancing in the fountain beyond. The little man in goldlace now happened to see her, and made his approach on tiptoe.  SHARP AND SALLOW WEARING A NIGGARDLY AND AVARICIOUS EXPRESSION AND FORMING AN ODD CONTRAST TO THE SPLENDOR OF HER ATTIRE AS DID LIKEWISE THE IMPLEMENT WHICH SHE HELD IN HER HAND IT WAS A SORT OF IRON SHOVEL BY HOUSEWIVES TERMED A SLICE SUCH AS IS USED IN CLEARING THE OVEN AND WITH THIS SELECTING A SPOT BETWEEN A WALNUT TREE AND THE FOUNTAIN GOOD DAME MADE AN EARNEST ATTEMPT TO DIG THE TENDER SODS HOWEVER POSSESSED A STRANGE IMPENETRABILITY THEY RESISTED HER EFFORTS LIKE A QUARRY OF LIVING GRANITE AND LOSING HER BREATH SHE CAST DOWN THE SHOVEL AND SEEMED TO BEMOAN HERSELF MOST PITEOUSLY GNASHING HER TEETH WHAT FUSE SHE HAD AND WRINGING HER THIN YELLOW HANDS THEN APPARENTLY WITH NEW HOPE SHE RESUMED HER TOIL WHICH STILL HAD THE SAME RESULT A CIRCUMSTANCE THE LESS SURPRISING TO DAVID AND ESTHER BECAUSE AT TIMES THEY WOULD CATCH THE MOONLIGHT SHINING THROUGH THE OLD WOMAN AND DANCING IN THE FOUNTAIN BEYOND THE LITTLE MAN IN GOLD LACE NOW HAPPENED TO SEE HER AND MADE HIS APPROACH ON TIPTOE
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