The very village was altered; it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared. Strange names were over the doorsstrange faces at the windowseverything was strange...the very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling disputatious tone about it...A fellow...was haranguing vehemently about rights of citizenselectionsmembers of Congress liberty...and other words which were a perfect Babylonish jargon...
WASHINGTON IRVING set his story in the late 18th century, when it took 20 years...
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