Miss Patty Lockit was but ten years old; tall, inclined to fat. Her
neck was short; and she was not in the least genteel. Her face was very
handsome; for all her features were extremely good. She had large blue
eyes; was exceeding fair; and had a great bloom on her cheeks. Her hair
was the very first degree of light brown; was bright and shining; and
hung in ringlets half way down her back. Her mouth was rather too large;
but she had such fine teeth, and looked so agreeably when she smiled,
that you was not sensible of any fault in it.
This was the person of Miss Patty Lockit, who was slow to relate her
past life; which she did, in the following manner: