He who has short woolly hair combs and oils it to death; he who has long hair would sooner have his teeth drawn than to part with it.

But, however painful it was to Isabella, she was soon seen with her hair cut short, and the sleeves of her dress altered to fit tight to her arms.

Even with her hair short and with her ill-looking dress, Isabella was still handsome.

Her life had been a secluded one, and though now twenty-eight years of age, her beauty had only assumed a quieter tone.

The other servants only laughed at Isabella's misfortune in losing her beautiful hair.
"Miss 'Bell needn't strut so big; she got short nappy har's well's I," said Nell, with a broad grin that showed her teeth.
"She tink she white when she cum here, wid dat long har ob hers," replied Mill.
"Yes," continued Nell, "missus make her take down her wool, so she no put it up to-day." The fairness of Isabella's complexion was regarded with envy by the servants as well as by the mistress herself.