There’s nothing like it for showing what people really are.

I came upon her hard at work at her tapestry,

Dressed in a common gown: no gold about her; none

Of the rouge and powder, that women bedaub their faces with:

She was dressed like those who dress for themselves: her hair was loose

And pushed back carelessly from her face—

Clin.Go on, I pray.

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Ph. The old woman was spinning the woof: one servant girl besides

Wove with her, quite in rags, untidy and dirty.