Excerpt from Young Goodman Brown relating to Quakers
Excerpt from "Young Goodman Brown" relating to Quakers
Young Goodman Brown discusses his Quaker-persecuting ancestor with the
devil.
"Such company, thou wouldst say," observed the elder person,
interrupting his pause. "Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well
acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and
that's no trifle to say. I helped your grandfather, the constable, when
he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem. And
it was I that brought your father a pitch-pine knot, kindled at my own
hearth, to set fire to an Indian village, in King Philip's War. They were
my good friends, both; and many a pleasant walk have we had along this
path, and returned merrily after midnight. I would fain be friends with
you, for their sake."
