In/in good/jj time/nn I/ppss shall/md get/vb to/in the/at distressing/jj actuality/nn ,/, to/in Red/jj-tl McIver/np and/cc Handley/np Walker/np ,/, to/in murder/nn and/cc sudden/jj death/nn ./.
But/cc you/ppss realize/vb ,/, I/ppss am/bem sure/jj ,/, how/wrb much/rb old/jj deeds/nns incite/vb to/in new/jj ones/nns ,/, and/cc you/ppss must/md forgive/vb me/ppo if/cs I/ppss tell/vb you/ppo first/rb of/in the/at old/jj ones/nns ./.


	It/pps was/bedz in/in 1814/cd that/cs Abraham/np Wharf/np and/cc his/pp$ sister/nn sat/vbd by/in a/at meager/jj fire/nn in/in their/pp$ house/nn on/in Dogtown/np-tl Common/nn-tl ,/, a/at desolate/jj place/nn even/rb then/rb ./.
He/pps was/bedz sharpening/vbg his/pp$ razor/nn ./.
``/`` Sister/nn ''/'' ,/, said/vbd he/pps ``/`` do/do you/ppo think/vb people/nns who/wps commit/vb suicide/nn go/vb to/in heaven/nn ''/'' ?/. ?/.
And/cc she/pps answered/vbd ,/, ``/`` I/ppss don't/do* know/vb ,/, but/cc I/ppss hope/vb you'll/ppss+md never/rb do/do such/abl a/at thing/nn ''/'' ./.
Without/in a/at tremor/nn ,/, ``/`` God/np forbid/vb ''/'' !/. !/.
He/pps said/vbd ,/, and/cc went/vbd out/rp and/cc cut/vbd his/pp$ throat/nn in/in the/at cave/nn near/in Granny/np Day's/np$ swamp/nn ./.


	What/wdt has/hvz this/dt to/to do/do with/in the/at present/nn ?/. ?/.
Much/ap ,/, I/ppss assure/vb you/ppo ./.
You/ppss must/md know/vb what/wdt gets/vbz into/in people/nns ,/, even/rb such/jj as/cs Red/np and/cc Handley/np ,/, before/cs you/ppss can/md tell/vb what/wdt comes/vbz out/in of/in them/ppo ./.
They/ppss had/hvd learned/vbn ,/, both/abx of/in them/ppo ,/, about/in Abraham/np Wharf/np ./.
That's/dt+bez why/wrb I/ppss beg/vb you/ppo not/* to/to forget/vb him/ppo ./.
His/pp$ ghost/nn is/bez not/* laid/vbn ./.
Red/np and/cc Handley/np ,/, God/np help/vb them/ppo ,/, knew/vbd the/at old/jj Dogtown/np lore/nn ;/. ;/.
and/cc I/ppss knew/vbd they/ppss knew/vbd it/ppo ,/, for/cs I'd/ppss+hvd told/vbn them/ppo a/at lot/nn of/in it/ppo ./.
And/cc isn't/bez* it/pps true/jj that/cs you/ppss get/vb a/at deeper/jjr perception/nn about/in a/at man/nn and/cc his/pp$ motives/nns when/wrb you/ppss know/vb what/wdt it/pps is/bez he/pps knows/vbz ?/. ?/.


	Yes/rb ,/, gentlemen/nns ,/, I/ppss am/bem getting/vbg to/in the/at point/nn ,/, to/in my/pp$ point/nn ./.
You/ppss know/vb the/at facts/nns ;/. ;/.
they/ppss are/ber set/vbn forth/rb in/in your/pp$ own/jj newspapers/nns ./.
You/ppss want/vb from/in me/ppo the/at story/nn ,/, but/cc a/at story/nn is/bez about/in '/' why/wrb-nc '/' and/cc then/rb ,/, perhaps/rb ,/, about/in how/wrb-nc ./.
The/at '/' when/wrb-nc '/' you/ppss know/vb ;/. ;/.
yesterday/nr morning/nn ./.
So/cs what/wdt I/ppss am/bem trying/vbg to/to tell/vb you/ppo is/bez the/at '/' why/wrb-nc '/' --/-- that/dt is/bez my/pp$ point/nn --/-- and/cc that/dt concerns/vbz the/at spirit/nn of/in the/at matter/nn ./.
There/ex is/bez an/at inwardness/nn and/cc a/at luster/nn to/in old/jj furniture/nn (/( look/vb at/in that/dt mahogany/nn highboy/nn behind/in you/ppo )/) which/wdt has/hvz a/at provocative/jj emanation/nn ,/, if/cs I/ppss may/md say/vb so/rb ./.
Places/nns ,/, too/rb ,/, have/hv their/pp$ haunting/jj qualities/nns ./.
Even/rb people/nns ./.
And/cc my/pp$ point/nn in/in this/dt sad/jj story/nn is/bez the/at spirit/nn of/in the/at matter/nn ./.
When/wrb you/ppss hold/vb the/at spirit/nn of/in a/at thing/nn ,/, then/rb somehow/rb you/ppss know/vb the/at truth/nn --/-- you/ppss know/vb a/at fake/jj antique/nn from/in the/at real/jj thing/nn ./.
And/cc the/at truth/nn is/bez what/wdt you've/ppss+hv come/vbn for/in ,/, is/bez it/pps not/* ?/. ?/.


	Now/rb ,/, Dogtown/np is/bez one/cd of/in those/dts places/nns that/wps creeps/vbz into/in the/at marrow/nn as/cs worms/nns get/vb into/in old/jj wood/nn ,/, under/in the/at veneer/nn ./.
In/in fact/nn ,/, all/abn the/at folk/nn who/wps lived/vbd on/in the/at back/nn of/in Cape/nn-tl Ann/np-tl ,/, they/ppss are/ber not/* just/rb like/cs others/nns ./.
There's/ex+bez a/at different/jj hall-mark/nn on/in them/ppo ./.
There/ex were/bed no/at witch/nn burnings/nns here/rb because/cs everyone/pn had/hvd a/at witch/nn in/in the/at family/nn ./.
Just/rb think/vb of/in old/jj Granther/np Stannard/np who/wps pulled/vbd the/at teeth/nns of/in Dark/np Younger/np (/( her/pp$ real/jj name/nn was/bedz Dorcas/np )/) ,/, and/cc because/cs he/pps bungled/vbd the/at job/nn and/cc left/vbd two/cd protruding/vbg tusks/nns she/pps put/vbd such/abl a/at hex/nn on/in him/ppo that/cs he/pps thought/vbd his/pp$ legs/nns were/bed made/vbn of/in glass/nn ./.
After/in that/cs he/pps was/bedz never/rb known/vbn to/to run/vb or/cc even/rb walk/vb fast/rb ./.
Today/nr Dogtown/np is/bez the/at only/ap deserted/vbn village/nn in/in all/abn New/jj-tl England/np-tl that/cs I/ppss know/vb of/in ./.
There/rb it/pps sits/vbz ,/, a/at small/jj highland/nn ,/, with/in towns/nns like/cs Gloucester/np near/rb by/rb ;/. ;/.
but/cc now/rb it's/pps+bez the/at most/ql lost/vbn and/cc tortured/vbn place/nn in/in the/at world/nn ./.
Those/dts who/wps lived/vbd in/in that/dt desolation/nn of/in rocky/jj deformity/nn took/vbd on/rp some/dti of/in the/at moraine's/nn$ stony/jj character/nn ./.
Scientists/nns say/vb it/pps is/bez the/at last/ap spewings/nns of/in a/at great/jj glacier/nn ,/, but/cc one/pn rather/rb feels/vbz that/cs only/rb a/at malevolent/jj giant/nn could/md have/hv piled/vbn up/rp those/dts crouching/vbg monsters/nns of/in granite/nn which/wdt still/rb seem/vb to/to preserve/vb a/at sort/nn of/in suspended/vbn ,/, ominous/jj life/nn in/in them/ppo ./.


	We'll/ppss+md walk/vb up/in there/rb later/rbr ./.
It's/pps+bez perhaps/rb a/at mile/nn from/in here/rb where/wrb we/ppss sit/vb ./.
And/cc not/* one/cd single/ap dwelling/nn left/vbn there/rb ,/, though/cs once/rb ,/, in/in the/at early/jj eighteenth/od century/nn ,/, there/ex were/bed close/rb to/in a/at hundred/cd houses/nns ./.
(/( I/ppss myself/ppl have/hv identified/vbn about/in sixty/cd sites/nns ,/, from/in the/at old/jj maps/nns and/cc registers/nns ./.
A/at fascinating/jj pursuit/nn ,/, I/ppss assure/vb you/ppo ./.
)/) Even/rb I/ppss can/md remember/vb nothing/pn but/in ruined/vbn cellars/nns and/cc tumbled/vbn pillars/nns ,/, and/cc nobody/pn has/hvz lived/vbn there/rb in/in the/at memory/nn of/in any/dti living/vbg man/nn ./.
It/pps is/bez now/rb a/at sweep/nn of/in boulders/nns and/cc ledges/nns ,/, with/in oak/nn ,/, walnut/nn and/cc sumac/nn creeping/vbg across/in the/at common/nn ,/, and/cc everywhere/nn the/at ruins/nns and/cc the/at long/jj ,/, long/jj shadows/nns ./.


	That's/dt+bez your/pp$ setting/nn ,/, and/cc a/at sinister/jj one/pn ./.
Please/vb get/vb that/dt in/in your/pp$ reports/nns ./.
It/pps accounts/vbz for/in so/ql many/ap things/nns ./.
Both/abx Red/jj-tl McIver/np and/cc Handley/np Walker/np lived/vbd nearby/rb ,/, almost/rb as/ql near/rb as/cs I/ppss do/do ./.
Red/jj-tl lived/vbd at/in Lanesville/np ,/, and/cc from/in his/pp$ house/nn he/pps could/md be/be up/rp on/in the/at Common/nn-tl in/in a/at half/abn hour's/nn$ brisk/jj walk/nn ;/. ;/.
Handley/np lived/vbd further/rbr on/rp ,/, at/in Pigeon/nn-tl Cove/nn-tl ./.
I'd/ppss+md often/rb find/vb one/cd or/cc other/ap of/in them/ppo up/rp around/in Dogtown/np sketching/vbg ./.
They/ppss were/bed both/abx painters/nns ,/, (/( They/ppss were/bed ?/. ?/.
They/ppss are/ber ?/. ?/.
What/wdt should/md one/pn say/vb ?/. ?/.
)/) Well/uh ,/, anyhow/rb ,/, Dogtown/np-tl Common/nn-tl is/bez so/ql much/rb off/in the/at beaten/vbn track/nn nowadays/rb that/cs only/rb Sunday/nr picnickers/nns still/rb stray/vb up/in there/rb ,/, from/in time/nn to/in time/nn ./.
Sea-road/nn ,/, railroad/nn ,/, lack/nn of/in water/nn ,/, killed/vbd Dogtown/np ./.
Dead/jj ,/, dead/jj as/cs a/at brass/nn door/nn nail/nn ,/, and/cc I/ppss sometimes/rb feel/vb like/cs the/at Sexton/nn-tl ,/, for/cs I'm/ppss+bem about/rb the/at last/ap to/to be/be even/rb interested/vbn ./.


	I/ppss knew/vbd Red/np and/cc Handley/np well/rb ./.
As/cs I/ppss said/vbd ,/, they/ppss were/bed both/abx painters/nns ./.
They'd/ppss+md come/vb ,/, separately/rb ,/, to/in Gloucester/np some/dti twenty/cd years/nns ago/rb --/-- there's/ex+hvz always/rb been/ben an/at artists'/nns$ colony/nn somewhere/nn on/in Cape/nn-tl Ann/np-tl --/-- and/cc each/dt married/vbd here/rb ./.
They/ppss married/vbd cousins/nns ,/, Anta/np and/cc Freya/np Norberg/np ./.
There/ex are/ber a/at lot/nn of/in Scandinavians/nps in/in this/dt neck/nn of/in the/at woods/nns ,/, and/cc many/ap still/rb make/vb painted/vbn furniture/nn and/cc take/vb steam-baths/nns ./.
Pretty/jj girls/nns among/in them/ppo ,/, with/in blonde/jj hair/nn and/cc pert/jj faces/nns ./.
Handley/np married/vbd Freya/np and/cc Red/np ,/, of/in the/at red/jj beard/nn ,/, married/vbd Anta/np ./.
And/cc it/pps was/bedz because/cs of/in an/at old/jj Norberg/np inheritance/nn that/cs I/ppss got/vbd to/to understand/vb them/ppo all/abn so/ql well/rb ./.
The/at quarrel/nn ended/vbd in/in a/at ridiculous/jj draw/nn ,/, but/cc I/ppss must/md tell/vb you/ppo about/in it/ppo ./.
Oh/uh ,/, yes/rb ,/, I'm/ppss+bem quite/ql sure/jj it's/pps+bez important/jj ,/, because/cs of/in the/at Beech/nn-tl Pasture/nn-tl ./.
What's/wdt+bez that/dt ?/. ?/.
Why/wrb ,/, that's/dt+bez what/wdt gave/vbd me/ppo the/at feeling/nn ,/, gave/vbd me/ppo as-it-were/rb the/at spirit/nn ,/, the/at demoniac/jj ,/, evil/jj spirit/nn of/in this/dt whole/nn affair/nn ./.


	You/ppss see/vb ,/, besides/rb being/beg custodian/nn of/in antiquities/nns ,/, I/ppss am/bem also/rb registrar/nn ./.
No/rb ,/, I/ppss don't/do* hold/vb with/in those/dts who/wps live/vb entirely/rb among/in dead/jj things/nns ./.
I/ppss know/vb as/ql well/rb as/cs the/at next/ap man/nn that/cs a/at ship/nn is/bez called/vbn from/in the/at rigging/nn she/pps carries/vbz ,/, where/wrb the/at live/jj wind/nn blows/vbz ,/, and/cc not/* from/in the/at hull/nn ./.
But/cc you've/ppss+hv got/vbn to/to know/vb both/abx ./.
What's/wdt+bez below/in the/at water-line/nn interests/vbz me/ppo also/rb ./.
As/cs I/ppss was/bedz saying/vbg ,/, I've/ppss+hv known/vbn all/abn about/in the/at old/jj records/nns ,/, including/in the/at old/jj Norberg/np deed/nn ./.
Some/dti ten/cd years/nns ago/rb that/dt page/nn was/bedz torn/vbn out/rp ,/, I/ppss don't/do* know/vb by/in whom/wpo ./.
About/rb five/cd years/nns ago/rb ,/, Handley/np came/vbd to/to ask/vb me/ppo if/cs he/pps could/md see/vb the/at tattered/vbn register/nn ./.
He/pps was/bedz courteous/jj and/cc casual/jj about/in it/ppo ,/, as/cs though/cs it/pps were/bed of/in no/at consequence/nn ./.
He's/pps+hvz always/rb like/cs that/dt ,/, in/in spite/in of/in being/beg a/at big/jj man/nn ./.
(/( When/wrb you/ppss see/vb him/ppo ,/, you'll/ppss+md notice/vb his/pp$ habit/nn of/in fingering/vbg ,/, I/ppss might/md almost/rb say/vb ,/, stroking/vbg a/at large/jj mole/nn with/in black/jj hairs/nns on/in it/ppo ,/, by/in his/pp$ right/jj temple/nn ./.
)/) A/at sensual/jj man/nn ,/, but/cc very/ql courteous/jj ,/, some/dti would/md say/vb slick/jj ./.
Like/cs his/pp$ glossy/jj black/jj hair/nn ./.
Too/ql many/ap outside/jj manners/nns ,/, to/in my/pp$ taste/nn ./.
He/pps is/bez the/at sort/nn who/wps ,/, with/in an/at appraising/vbg eye/nn ,/, would/md cross/vb the/at street/nn to/to help/vb a/at strange/jj woman/nn on/in to/in a/at bus/nn and/cc then/rb pinch/vb her/ppo ./.
A/at real/jj gentleman/nn ,/, I/ppss feel/vb ,/, would/md do/do neither/dtx ./.
He's/pps+hvz always/rb worn/vbn a/at broad-brimmed/jj hat/nn ,/, and/cc I've/ppss+hv noticed/vbn ,/, in/in my/pp$ small/jj study/nn at/in the/at Society/nn-tl ,/, that/cs he/pps rather/rb smells/vbz of/in cosmetics/nns ./.
The/at next/ap week/nn ,/, cousin/nn Red/np wandered/vbd in/rp as/ql casually/rb ,/, but/cc curt/jj and/cc untidy/jj ./.
Red/np was/bedz small/jj and/cc fine-boned/jj ,/, like/cs ivory-inlay/nn ./.
He/pps too/rb asked/vbd to/to see/vb the/at same/ap page/nn ./.
When/wrb I/ppss told/vbd him/ppo someone/pn had/hvd torn/vbn it/ppo out/rp ,/, he/pps shouted/vbd ./.
``/`` By/in God/np ,/, it's/pps+bez that/dt damn/jj Handley/np ,/, the/at sneak/nn ''/'' !/. !/.
And/cc later/rbr in/in the/at same/ap week/nn they/ppss both/abx came/vbd together/rb to/to examine/vb the/at register/nn ./.
Fortunately/rb we/ppss were/bed alone/rb in/in the/at building/nn --/-- so/ql few/ap people/nns nowadays/rb are/ber interested/vbn even/rb in/in their/pp$ own/jj past/nn or/cc in/in the/at lovely/jj craft/nn of/in other/ap days/nns --/-- for/cs they/ppss began/vbd to/to abuse/vb each/dt other/ap in/in the/at foulest/jjt language/nn ./.
Red/jj-tl thrusting/vbg out/rp his/pp$ tawny/jj beard/nn ,/, Handley/np glowering/vbg under/in his/pp$ suddenly/rb rumpled/vbn black/jj hair/nn ./.
They/ppss actually/rb bristled/vbd ./.
Le/fw-at rouge/fw-nn et/fw-cc le/fw-at noir/fw-jj ./.
Violent/jj men/nns both/abx ./.
Red/jj-tl always/rb was/bedz morose/jj ,/, yet/rb that/dt day/nn the/at dapper/jj Handley/np was/bedz the/at louder/jjr of/in the/at two/cd ./.
But/in for/in my/pp$ presence/nn ,/, they/ppss would/md have/hv been/ben at/in each/dt others'/nns$ throats/nns ./.


	During/in the/at quarrel/nn I/ppss learned/vbd what/wdt the/at trouble/nn was/bedz ,/, from/in the/at accusations/nns each/dt hurled/vbd at/in the/at other/ap ./.
The/at Beech/nn-tl Pasture/nn-tl had/hvd suddenly/rb become/vbn valuable/jj ./.
There's/ex+bez a/at fine/jj granite/nn quarry/nn there/rb ,/, and/cc granite's/nn+bez coming/vbg back/rb for/in public/jj buildings/nns ./.
Both/abx men/nns knew/vbd it/pps was/bedz in/in the/at Norberg/np family/nn holdings/nns ,/, but/cc to/in which/wdt of/in the/at cousins/nns did/dod it/pps belong/vb ,/, Anta/np or/cc Freya/np ?/. ?/.
Fortunately/rb ,/, I/ppss knew/vbd almost/rb exactly/rb what/wdt the/at will/nn had/hvd said/vbn ./.
It/pps began/vbd with/in a/at preamble/nn ,/, of/in course/nn ./.
This/dt explained/vbd that/cs the/at judge/nn of/in probate/nn of/in Essex/np-tl County/nn-tl ,/, 1785/cd or/cc 1786/cd ,/, appointed/vbd three/cd free-holders/nns of/in Gloucester/np to/to divide/vb and/cc establish/vb the/at Norberg/np estate/nn ./.
After/in the/at usual/jj Honorable/jj-tl Sirs/nns-tl ,/, it/pps went/vbd on/rp to/to say/vb that/cs there/ex had/hvd been/ben set/vbn off/rp to/in the/at widow/nn one/cd full/jj third/od part/nn of/in the/at real/jj estate/nn of/in the/at deceased/jj Salu/np Norberg/np ,/, one/cd lower/jjr room/nn ,/, on/in the/at Western/jj-tl side/nn ,/, privileges/nns to/in the/at well/nn and/cc bake-oven/nn and/cc to/in one/cd third/od of/in the/at cellar/nn (/( I/ppss can/md show/vb you/ppo the/at cellar/nn when/wrb we/ppss go/vb up/rp )/) ,/, also/rb one/cd Cow/nn-tl Right/nn-tl ,/, and/cc lastly/rb they/ppss set/vbd off/rp to/in the/at widow/nn her/pp$ own/jj land/nn that/cs she/pps brought/vbd with/in her/ppo as/cs dower/nn ,/, namely/rb the/at Beech/nn-tl Pasture/nn-tl ./.
And/cc I/ppss remember/vb that/cs the/at whole/nn of/in the/at privileges/nns ,/, not/* counting/vbg the/at Beech/nn-tl Pasture/nn-tl ,/, was/bedz valued/vbn at/in twenty/cd pounds/nns ./.
I/ppss wish/vb you/ppss could/md have/hv seen/vbn the/at crests/nns fall/vb on/in these/dts two/cd sparring/vbg coxcombs/nns when/wrb I/ppss told/vbd them/ppo that/cs obviously/rb the/at pasture/nn belonged/vbd to/in their/pp$ wives/nns jointly/rb ./.


	That/dt battle/nn scene/nn ,/, ridiculous/jj as/cs it/ppo was/bedz ,/, remained/vbd in/in my/pp$ mind/nn ./.
A/at disturbing/jj picture/nn of/in bad/jj blood/nn ,/, to/to be/be further/jjr heightened/vbn with/in illicit/jj if/cs buccolic/jj colors/nns ,/, for/cs on/in a/at subsequent/jj day/nn I/ppss saw/vbd Handley/np escorting/vbg Anta/np ,/, Red's/np$ wife/nn ,/, up/rp on/in Dogtown/np-tl Common/nn-tl ./.
I/ppss felt/vbd it/pps would/md be/be inopportune/jj to/to disclose/vb my/pp$ presence/nn ./.
Not/* that/cs I/ppss intentionally/rb go/vb unperceived/jj ,/, but/cc the/at boulders/nns up/rp there/rb are/ber very/ql high/jj and/cc I/ppss am/bem a/at small/jj woman/nn ./.


	One/cd other/ap cause/nn of/in jealousy/nn between/in them/ppo I/ppss must/md tell/vb you/ppo ./.
Paint/nn !/. !/.
Gloomy/jj and/cc unkempt/jj as/cs Red/jj-tl McIver/np was/bedz ,/, he/pps was/bedz much/rb the/at better/jjr painter/nn ./.
I/ppss suppose/vb Handley/np knew/vbd it/ppo ./.
If/cs Red/np had/hvd a/at show/nn at/in Gloucester/np ,/, Handley/np would/md hurry/vb to/to hang/vb his/pp$ pictures/nns in/in Rockport/np ./.
You/ppss may/md say/vb this/dt has/hvz little/ap pertinence/nn ,/, but/cc ,/, gentlemen/nns ,/, remember/vb that/cs all/abn this/dt prepared/vbd my/pp$ mind/nn ,/, alerted/vbd my/pp$ intelligence/nn ./.
By/in such/jj touches/nns the/at pattern/nn takes/vbz shape/nn ./.
You/ppss would/md call/vb these/dts the/at motives/nns of/in crime/nn ./.
I/ppss would/md call/vb them/ppo the/at patterns/nns of/in life/nn ,/, perhaps/rb even/rb the/at designs/nns of/in destiny/nn ./.
Yet/rb with/in all/abn this/dt knowledge/nn I/ppss had/hvd nothing/pn of/in substance/nn to/to unravel/vb our/pp$ case/nn ,/, as/cs you/ppss would/md call/vb it/ppo ,/, till/in yesterday/nr ./.


	One/cd month/nn ago/rb ,/, on/in the/at 20th/od of/in October/np ,/, was/bedz the/at opening/nn of/in the/at gunning/vbg season/nn in/in Massachusetts/np ./.
Not/* much/ap to/to shoot/vb ,/, but/cc there/ex are/ber a/at few/ap pheasant/nns ./.
Rabbits/nns ,/, too/rb ,/, if/cs you/ppss care/vb for/in them/ppo ,/, which/wdt most/ap of/in the/at folk/nn around/in here/rb haven't/hv* the/at sense/nn to/to appreciate/vb ./.
Any/dti more/rbr than/cs they/ppss have/hv the/at sense/nn to/to eat/vb mussels/nns ./.
That/dt was/bedz the/at day/nn Red/np was/bedz said/vbn to/to have/hv gone/vbn away/rb ./.
Oh/uh yes/rb ,/, he'd/pps+hvd talked/vbn about/in doing/vbg so/rb ./.
In/in fact/nn ,/, he/pps often/rb disappeared/vbd ,/, from/in time/nn to/in time/nn ,/, --/-- off/rp to/to paint/vb the/at sea/nn ,/, aboard/rb a/at dragger/nn out/rp from/in Gloucester/np ./.
Anta/np ,/, his/pp$ wife/nn ,/, never/rb seemed/vbd to/to mind/vb ./.
I/ppss suppose/vb these/dts absences/nns gave/vbd her/ppo more/ap clearance/nn for/in her/pp$ embraces/nns with/in Cousin/nn-tl Handley/np ./.
Anyhow/rb ,/, I/ppss wasn't/bedz* surprised/vbn ,/, early/rb that/dt morning/nn ,/, to/to see/vb Handley/np himself/ppl crossing/vbg from/in Dogtown/np-tl Common/nn-tl Road/nn-tl to/in the/at Back/jj-tl Road/nn-tl ./.
No/rb ,/, he/pps didn't/dod* have/hv his/pp$ gun/nn ,/, which/wdt he/pps should/md have/hv ./.
It/pps would/md have/hv been/ben a/at good/jj excuse/nn for/in his/pp$ being/beg there/rb at/in all/abn ./.
I/ppss myself/ppl had/hvd been/ben up/rp there/rb by/in seven/cd o'clock/rb ,/, after/in mushrooms/nns ,/, since/cs there'd/ex+hvd been/ben a/at week/nn of/in rain/nn which/wdt had/hvd stopped/vbn early/rb that/dt morning/nn and/cc the/at day/nn was/bedz as/ql clear/jj as/cs Sandwich/np glass/nn ./.

