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We stepped forth from the great front window into the
balcony, where, in old times, it was doubtless the custom of
the king's representative to show himself to a loyal populace,
requiting their huzzas and tossed-up hats with stately bendings
of his dignified person. In those days, the front of the
Province House looked upon the street; and the whole site
now occupied by the brick range of stores, as well as the
present court-yard, was laid out in grass-plats, overshadowed by
trees and bordered by a wrought-iron fence. Now, the old
aristocratic edifice hides its time-worn visage behind an upstart
modern building. At one of the back windows I observed some
pretty tailoresses, sewing, and chatting, and laughing, with now
and then a careless glance towards the balcony. Descending
thence, we again entered the bar-room, where the elderly gentleman
above mentioned, the smack of whose lips had spoken
so favorably for Mr. Waite's good liquor, was still lounging in
his chair. He seemed to be, if not a lodger, at least a familiar
