Jewkes, said I, only to look a
little up the elm-walk, since you would not let me go to church.
Nan, said she, to shew me how much they were all in her power, pull off
madam's shoes, and bring them to me. I have taken care of her others.--
Indeed she shan't, said I.--Nay, said Nan, but I must if my mistress bids
me: so pray, madam, don't hinder me. And so indeed (would you believe
it?) she took my shoes off, and left me barefoot: and, for my share, I
have been so frighted at this, that I have not power even to relieve my
mind by my tears. I am quite stupefied to be sure!--Here I was forced to
leave off.
Now I will give you a picture of this wretch: She is a broad, squat,
pursy, fat thing, quite ugly, if any thing human can be so called; about
forty years old. She has a huge hand, and an arm as thick as my waist, I
believe. Her nose is flat and crooked, and her brows grow down over her
eyes; a dead spiteful, grey, goggling eye, to be sure she has. And her
face is flat and broad; and as to colour, looks like as if it had been
pickled a month in saltpetre: I dare say she drinks:--She has a hoarse,
man-like voice, and is as thick as she is long; and yet looks so deadly
strong, that I am afraid she would dash me at her foot in an instant, if
I was to vex her.
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