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 not quite so disagreeable as she had been represented. Her head, indeed, bore some resemblance of a hatchet, the edge being represented by her face; but she had a certain delicacy in her complexion, and a great deal of vivacity in her eyes, which were very large and black; and though the portuberance of her breast, when considered alone, seemed to drag her forwards; it was easy to perceive an equivalent on her back, which balanced the other, and kept her body in equilibro.—I thought I should have great reason to congratulate myself, to possess twenty thousand pounds, encumbered, with such a wife.

When we arrived at the place where we were to breakfast, I alighted, and helped my mistress out of the coach, as well as her mother, who called for a private room, to which they withdrew, in order to eat by themselves. As they retired together, I perceived that Miss had got more twists from nature, than I had before observed, being bent side-ways, into the figure of an S, so that her progression very much resembled that of a crab. When we had made an end of our repast, and paid our reckoning, we went into the coach, took our places, and bribed the driver with sixpence to revenge us on the rest, by hurrying them away in the midst of their meal.

When we arrived at our dinning-place, we found all the eatables in the inn bespoke by a