I only begged permission to sit down a moment, as I was tired.

Disappointed in the expectation of a customer, she coolly acceded to my request.

She pointed to a seat; I sank into it.

I felt sorely urged to weep; but conscious how unseasonable such a manifestation would be, I restrained it.

Soon I asked her "if there were any dressmaker or plain-workwoman in the village ?" "Yes; two or three.