Oh, yes! she was very well aware of _that_; yet, although she could not keep up a grand establishment and was poor, she was proud, and would never forget that she was an earl's daughter.

She would not be ground down with impunity! Even the worm will turn: and so on.

You can understand her character almost without another word of description.
In spite of being a kindly-hearted soul at bottom, she was really, I believe, the most morbid and melancholic person that ever breathed,--at least, in my experience.

Should you, unfortunately, be forced to remain for any length of time in her presence, she had a most singularly depressing influence on your spirits.

Wet blanket?
Bless your heart! that would be no name for her.