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As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes. The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty. Half-way up the long, straight, dispiriting street stood a cottage larger and neater-looking than the rest.
The cottage in question was a rather neater-looking place than its neighbors. There was a garden at the back, and a bit of grass in front, with a path bordered by half bricks painted with whitewash a dazzling white. The porch and steps were scrubbed clean, too; it might have been a sign of Mrs. O'Brien's trade, that porch.
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