large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_72
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
English
2093
But now there was a sudden movement throughout the multitude. BUT NOW THERE WAS A SUDDEN MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE MULTITUDE
 in great trepidation, and beheld the dignitary in the blue coat; then followed an embrace of such closeness as would indicate no remoter connection than matrimony between these two decorous persons. The gentleman next pointed to the shovel, appearing to inquire the purpose of his lady’s occupation; while she as evidently parried his interrogatories, maintaining a demure and sanctified visage as every good woman ought, in similar cases. Howbeit, she could not forbear looking askew, behind her spectacles, towards the spot of stubborn turf. All the while, their figures had a strangeness in them, and it seemed as if some cunning jeweller had made their golden ornaments of the yellowest of the setting sunbeams, and that the blue of their garments was brought from the dark sky near the moon, and that the gentleman’s silk waistcoat was the bright side of a fiery cloud, and the lady’s scarlet petticoat a remnant of the blush of morning,--and that they both were two unrealities of colored air. DER SHE TURNED ROUND IN GREAT TREPIDATION AND BEHELD THE DIGNITARY IN THE BLUE COAT THEN FOLLOWED AN EMBRACE OF SUCH CLOSENESS AS WOULD INDICATE NO REMOTER CONNECTION THAN MATRIMONY BETWEEN THESE TWO DECOROUS PERSONS THE GENTLEMAN NEXT POINTED TO THE SHOVEL APPEARING TO INQUIRE THE PURPOSE OF HIS LADY'S OCCUPATION WHILE SHE AS EVIDENTLY PARRIED HIS INTERROGATORIES MAINTAINING A DEMURE AND SANCTIFIED VISAGE AS EVERY GOOD WOMAN OUGHT IN SIMILAR CASES HOWBEIT SHE COULD NOT FORBEAR LOOKING ASKEW BEHIND HER SPECTACLES TOWARD THE SPOT OF STUBBORN TURF ALL THE WHILE THEIR FIGURES HAD A STRANGENESS IN THEM AND IT SEEMED AS IF SOME CUNNING JEWELER HAD MADE THEIR GOLDEN ORNAMENTS OF THE YELLOWEST OF THE SETTING SUNBEAMS AND THAT THE BLUE OF THEIR GARMENTS WAS BROUGHT FROM THE DARK SKY NEAR THE MOON AND THAT THE GENTLEMAN'S SILK WAISTCOAT WAS THE BRIGHT SIDE OF A FIERY CLOUD AND THE WOMAN'S SCARLET PETTICOAT A REMNANT OF THE BLUSH OF MOURNING AND THAT THEY BOTH WERE TWO UNREALITIES OF COLORED AIR
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