There was not the slightest sense nor meaning in the remark, but it was, so to speak, her household note, learned through the exigency of being in the constant society of so many noisy children.

She told everybody, on general principles, to "shet up," even when she wished for information which necessitated the reverse.
Mrs.Mann was thin and meagre, and wholly untidy.

The wind lashed her dirty cotton skirt around her, disclosing a dirtier petticoat and men's shoes.

The skin of her worn, blond face had a look as if the soil of life had fairly been rubbed into it.

All the lines of this face were lax, displaying utter lassitude and no energy.