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"
If
it
be
as
thou
sayest
,
"
replied
Goodman
Brown
,
"
I
marvel
they
never
spoke
of
these
matters
;
or
,
verily
,
I
marvel
not
,
seeing
that
the
least
rumor
of
the
sort
would
have
driven
them
from
New
England
.
We
are
a
people
of
prayer
,
and
good
works
to
boot
,
and
abide
no
such
wickedness
.
"
"
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
.
"
Thus
far
the
elder
traveller
had
listened
with
due
gravity
;
but
now
burst
into
a
fit
of
irrepressible
mirth
,
shaking
himself
so
violently
that
his
snake
-
like
staff
actually
seemed
to
wriggle
in
sympathy
.
"
Ha
!
ha
!
ha
!
"
shouted
he
again
and
again
;
then
composing
himself
,
"
Well
,
go
on
,
Goodman
Brown
,
go
on
;
but
,
prithee
,
don
’
t
kill
me
with
laughing
.
"
"
Well
,
then
,
to
end
the
matter
at
once
,
"
said
Goodman
Brown
,
considerably
nettled
,
"
there
is
my
wife
,
Faith
.
It
would
break
her
dear
little
heart
;
and
I
’
d
rather
break
my
own
.
"
"
Nay
,
if
that
be
the
case
,
"
answered
the
other
,
"
e
’
en
go
thy
ways
,
Goodman
Brown
.
I
would
not
for
twenty
old
women
like
the
one
hobbling
before
us
that
Faith
should
come
to
any
harm
.
"
As
he
spoke
he
pointed
his
staff
at
a
female
figure
on
the
path
,
in
whom
Goodman
Brown
recognized
a
very
pious
and
exemplary
dame
,
who
had
taught
him
his
catechism
in
youth
,
and
was
still
his
moral
and
spiritual
adviser
,
jointly
with
the
minister
and
Deacon
Gookin
.
"
A
marvel
,
truly
,
that
Goody
Cloyse
should
be
so
far
in
the
wilderness
at
nightfall
,
"
said
he
.
