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He certainly wrote in his journal, if he had one, in the evening: "To-day a traveller drove through the town; who he was, God knows, for I don't!" yes, that was what the shop-boy's face said, and an honest face it was. In the inn at which I arrived, there was the same grave-like stillness as in the street.
The stranger wore a blue coat with brass buttons, drab breeches, and gaiters, and drummed with his fingers on the counter until he was attended to. When he answered the shop-boy's question, "What can I have the pleasure of showing you to-day, sir?" I saw Miss Matilda start, and then suddenly sit down; and instantly I guessed who it was.
Then surveying the premises, as if he wished to find something to purchase, he asked her if she had any "galluses" for sale, gallus being a shop-boy's term at the time for suspenders. When the Art Museum in Boston was first built its odd appearance attracted very general attention, and some one asked Tom Appleton what he thought of it.
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