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From that day she rarely set foot beyond the castle walls, and by

degrees there remained to her no other idea of human beings, than

that of those by whom she was daily surrounded. She was not

employed in any particular service, but each one gave her

something to do as it pleased him. She had sometimes clothes to

mend, food to prepare, and wounds to dress. Commands, reproaches,

and thanks were equally mingled with abusive raillery: she went

by the appellation of the old woman, and the tone with which the

name was uttered varied according to the circumstances and humour

of the speaker. Disturbed in her idleness and irritated in her

self-love, which were her two ruling passions, she returned these

compliments with language in which Satan might have recognised

more of his own genius than in that of her persecutors.

"You see that carriage below there," said the Unknown.

"I do," said she.