By Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The guests were a group of happy youngsters. They were almost crazy with energy. They laughed at the old-fashioned clothing they wore. They shouted happily and jumped around the room.
The young Widow White ran to the doctor's chair. She asked him to dance.
"Please excuse me," answered the doctor quietly. "My dancing days were over long ago. But these three young men would be happy to dance with you."
The men began to argue violently about who woul...