4/13 One could tell that this was the dwelling-room of a lazy, self-indulgent, and probably ignorant woman. She was seated on a very low chair, exposing a slippered foot to the flame of a wood fire. She held a magazine in her hand, and yawned as she turned its pages. She was not so stout in person as her loose and somewhat highly colored cheeks would imply. Her eyes were dull and sleepy. |