She adores Dr.Johnson and quotes him continually.
"She has no slightest trace of accent, but she has that lilt in her voice--I have noticed it once or twice before in Scots people--that makes one think of winds over heathery moorlands, and running water.

In appearance she is like a wood elf, rather small and brown, very light and graceful.

She is so beautifully made that there is great satisfaction in looking at her.

(If she had all the virtues in the world I could never take any interest in a girl who had a large head, or short legs, or thick ankles!) She knows how to dress, too.

The little brown frock was just right, and the ribbon that was tied round her hair.