He evades neither the taxgatherer nor the recruiting officer.
Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.
No legal machinery existed—no taxgatherer, no justice, no jailer.
He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.
They are merchants, and among them are a taxgatherer and one who dealeth in slaves.
