A regret-filled sketch of two elderly Shakers (a sect that forbade sexual intercourse) who might once have wed.
First published (as by "the author of Twice-Told Tales") in The Token, 1838.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | Twice-Told Tales | James Munroe | Collection | |33 | |
| 1907 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Houghton Mifflin | Collection | 469 |
| 1937 |
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The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne | Modern Library | Omnibus | 1010 |
| 1965 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Airmont Books | Collection | 254 |
| 1982 |
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Tales and Sketches | The Library of America | Omnibus | 555 |
| October 1989 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Reader's Digest | Collection | 300 |
| 2001 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Modern Library | Collection | 327 |
| October 2004 | Twice-Told Tales | Project Gutenberg | Collection | 405 | |
| 2007 | Tales and Sketches | The Library of America | Omnibus | |555 | |
| August 2010 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Gray Rabbit Publications | Collection | 268 |
| December 2011 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 4 | Leonaur Ltd | Collection | |
| December 2011 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 4 | Leonaur Ltd | Collection |