"What indeed?"
"A hat," said she, "is something to cover one's head from the rain, and
a frock is something to guard one's limbs from inclement weather.--To
that extent I am interested in these things: but they would put a hat
on my mind, and a black cloth on my understanding."
We sat in silence for a little time, while she surveyed the bleak
horizon as an eagle might.
"And when I call at their houses," said she, "their servants say 'Not
at home,' a lie, you know, and they close their doors on me."