Nathaniel Hawthorne quote: What's that you mutter to yourself, Matthew Maule?" asked Scicpio. "And what for do you look so black at me?""No ...

What's that you mutter to yourself, Matthew Maule?" asked Scicpio. "And what for do you look so black at me?""No matter, darky," said the carpenter. "Do you think nobody is to look black but yourself?

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~

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