Miss Nanny Spruce was just nine years old, and was the very reverse of
Patty Lockit, in all things; for she had little limbs, little features,
and such a compactness in her form, that she was often called the little
fairy. She had the misfortune to be lame in one of her hips; but by good
management, and a briskness and alacrity in carrying herself, it was a
very small blemish to her, and looked more like an idle childish gait,
than any real defect.