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Chapt 16

How indigent the great! Grey

Abashed as the poor girl felt herself in the presence of
a stranger, she could not but observe the elegance of everything around
her, which to be unaccustomed eye, was the height of splendour, and made
her more sensibly feel her own littleness. It was therefore with increased
timidity she answered the questions put to her, and she felt glad when
dismissed, and a servant ordered to conduct her to the nursery.
What then was her surprise, on being led up a dirty pass of
back stairs, into a meanly furnished room in the third story. Every thing
was in confusion and disorder and the chamber most uncomfortably cold.
As the servant man opened the door, he called out, "I give you joy Hetty,
here comes a young woman to take your place and let you out of this dismal
hole!" Hetty, was a young mulatto woman, with quite a handsome person,
pretty face and good humoured countenance; she jumped up, on hearing
this good news, and putting or rather throwing an infant into Lucy's lap
when she sat down, exclaimed, "joy indeed! here take the squalling
brat, for I am sick and tired of it."