| page 03 _______________Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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| "There
may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," said
Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced
fearfully behind him as he added, "What
if the devil himself should be at my very
elbow!"
His head being turned back, he passed a crook of the road, and, looking forward again, beheld the figure of a man, in grave and decent attire, seated at the foot of an old tree. He arose at Goodman Brown's approach and walked onward side by side with him. "You are late, Goodman Brown," said he. "The clock of the Old South was striking as I came through Boston, and that is full fifteen minutes agone." "Faith kept me back a while," replied
the young man, with a tremor in his voice,
caused by the sudden appearance of his
companion, though not wholly unexpected. |
"Il peut y avoir un Indien diabolique derrière chaque arbre", se dit Goodman Brown, et il jeta un regard effrayant derrière lui en ajoutant : "Et si le diable lui-même était à mon coude !". Il tourna la tête en arrière, passa une courbe de la route, et, regardant de nouveau en avant, il aperçut la figure d'un homme, en costume grave et décent, assis au pied d'un vieil arbre. Il se leva à l'approche du bonhomme Brown et avança côte à côte avec lui. "Vous êtes en retard, Goodman Brown", dit-il. "L'horloge du vieux Sud sonnait quand j'ai traversé Boston, et il y a bien quinze minutes de cela." "La foi m'a retenu un peu", répondit le jeune homme, avec un tremblement dans la voix, causé par l'apparition soudaine de son compagnon, mais pas totalement inattendu. |
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