carriend upon her upper lip certain reddish demonstations, which, if the
imaginsaticn had been assisted by her attire, might have been mistaken for
a beard.
In mind, she was of a strong and vigorous turn, having from her earliest
youth devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of law; not
wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it
attentively through all the slippery and eel-like crawlings in which it
commonly pursues its way. Nor had she, like many persons of great intellect,
confined herself to theory, or stopped short where practical usefulness
begins; inasmuch as she could ingross, fair-copy, fill up printed forms with
perfect accuracy, and in short transact any ordinary duty of the office down
to pouncing a skin of parchment or mending a pen.
Illustratie
Kantoor van Mr Brass met zijn zuster. Mr Quilp hangt over de half open deur.
In hoofdstuk 36:
for Miss Brass, however formed to be beloved, was not af the loving
kind. That amiable virgin, having clung to the skirts of Law from her earliest
youth - having sustained herself by their aid, as it were, in her first running
alone, and maintained a firm grasp upon them ever since - had passed her
life in a kind of legal childhood. She had been remarkable, when a tender
prattler, for an uncommon talent in counterfeiting the walk and manner of a
bailiff; in which character she had learned to tap her little playfellows on the
shoulder, and to carry them off to imaginary spongong-houses, with a
correctness of imitation which was the delight of all who witnessed her
performances, and which was only to be exceeded by her exquisite manner
