page 06 _______________Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
"Wickedness or not," said the traveller with the twisted staff, "I have a very general acquaintance here in New England. The deacons of many a church have drunk the communion wine with me; the selectmen of divers towns make me their chairman; and a majority of the Great and General Court are firm supporters of my interest. The governor and I, too--But these are state secrets."
"Can this be so?" cried Goodman
Brown, with a stare of amazement at his
undisturbed companion. "Howbeit, I
have nothing to do with the governor and
council; they have their own ways, and
are no rule for a simple husbandman like
me. But, were I to go on with thee, how
should I meet the eye of that good old
man, our minister, at Salem Village? Oh,
his voice would make me tremble both Sabbath
day and lecture day."
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