He is a giant of a man for stature; taller by a good deal than Harry
Mowlidge, in your neighbourhood, and large boned, and scraggy; and has a
hand!--I never saw such an one in my life. He has great staring eyes,
like the bull's that frightened me so; vast jaw-bones sticking out:
eyebrows hanging over his eyes; two great scars upon his forehead, and
one on his left cheek; and two large whiskers, and a monstrous wide
mouth; blubber lips; long yellow teeth, and a hideous grin. He wears his
own frightful long hair, tied up in a great black bag; a black crape
neckcloth about a long ugly neck: and his throat sticking out like a wen.
As to the rest, he was dressed well enough, and had a sword on, with a
nasty red knot to it; leather garters, buckled below his knees; and a
foot--near as long as my arm, I verily think.
He said, he fright de lady; and offered to withdraw; but she bid him not;
and I told Mrs. Jewkes, That as she knew I had been crying, she should
not have called me to the gentleman without letting me know he was there.
I soon went up to my closet; for my heart ached all the time I was at
table, not being able to look upon him without horror; and this brute of
a woman, though she saw my distress, before this addition to it, no doubt
did it on purpose to strike more terror into me.
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