[32] “Ah, forsooth, andisityourworshipindeed?” criedthegooddame.“Yea, trulyisit, andintheveryimageofmyoldgossip, GoodmanBrown, — wouldyourworshipbelieveit? — mybroomstickhathstrangelydisappeared, stolen, asIsuspect, bythatunhangedwitch, GoodyCory, andthat, too, whenIwasallanointedwiththejuiceofsmallage, andcinquefoil, andwolf’sbane” —
[33] “Mingledwithfinewheatandthefatofanew-bornbabe,” saidtheshapeofoldGoodmanBrown.
[34] “Ah, yourworshipknowstherecipe,” criedtheoldlady, cacklingaloud.“So, asIwassaying, beingallreadyforthemeeting, andnohorsetorideon, Imadeupmymindtofootit; , andweshallbethereinatwinkling.”
[35] “Thatcanhardlybe,” answeredherfriend.“Imaynotspareyoumyarm, GoodyCloyse; buthereismystaff, ifyouwill.”
[36] Sosaying, hethrewitdownatherfeet, where, perhaps, itassumedlife, , however, , and, lookingdownagain, beheldneitherGoodyCloysenortheserpentinestaff, buthisfellowtravelleralone, whowaitedforhimascalmlyasifnothinghadhappened.
[37] “Thatoldwomantaughtmemycatechism,” saidtheyoungman; andtherewasaworldofmeaninginthissimplecomment.
[38] Theycontinuedtowalkonward, whiletheeldertravellerexhortedhiscompaniontomakegoodspeedandpersevereinthepath, , hepluckedabranchofmapletoserveforawalkingstick, andbegantostripitofthetwigsandlittleboughs, ’, atagoodfreepace, untilsuddenly, inagloomyhollowoftheroad, GoodmanBrownsathimselfdownonthestumpofatreeandrefusedtogoanyfarther.
[39] “Friend,” saidhe, stubbornly, “: isthatanyreasonwhyIshouldquitmydearFaithandgoafterher?”
[40] “Youwillthinkbetterofthisbyandby,” saidhisacquaintance, composedly.“Sithereandrestyourselfawhile; andwhenyoufeellikemovingagain, thereismystafftohelpyoualong.”
[41] Withoutmorewords, hethrewhiscompanionthemaplestick, , applaudinghimselfgreatly, andthinkingwithhowclearaconscienceheshouldmeettheministerinhismorningwalk, , whichwastohavebeenspentsowickedly, butsopurelyandsweetlynow, inthearmsofFaith! Amidstthesepleasantandpraiseworthymeditations, GoodmanBrownheardthetrampofhorsesalongtheroad, anddeemeditadvisabletoconcealhimselfwithinthevergeoftheforest, consciousoftheguiltypurposethathadbroughthimthither, thoughnowsohappilyturnedfromit.
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