page 05 _______________Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
"Too far! too far!" exclaimed the goodman, unconsciously resuming his walk. "My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians since the days of the martyrs; and shall I be the first of the name of Brown that ever took this path and kept--"
"Such company, thou wouldst say," observed
the elder person, interpreting his pause. "Well
said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well
acquainted with your family as with ever
a one among the Puritans; and that's no
trifle to say. I helped your grandfather,
the constable, when he lashed the Quaker
woman so smartly through the streets of
Salem; and it was I that brought your father
a pitch-pine knot, kindled at my own hearth,
to set fire to an Indian village, in King
Philip's war. They were my good friends,
both; and many a pleasant walk have we
had along this path, and returned merrily
after midnight. I would fain be friends
with you for their sake."
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