books0977:In the custom-house. From The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrations by
books0977: In the custom-house. From The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. New York: G.H. Doran Co, 1920. “And here, some six months ago, pacing from corner to corner, or lounging on the long-legged stool, with his elbow on the desk, and his eyes wandering up and down the columns of the morning newspaper, you might have recognized, honoured reader, the same individual who welcomed you into his cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly through the willow branches, on the western side of the Old Manse.” -- source link