Calico Illustrated Calssics: The House of the Seven Gables

Calico Illustrated Calssics: The House of the Seven Gables — page 7
2 The Little Shop Window Before sunrise Miss Hepzibah Pyncheon stood in front of her mirror and glared at her image She was a pale thin rusty-jointed maiden of sixty years But she was no more unhappy with her appearance than she had been at any hour of her life Her scowl was habit not anger Miss Hepzibah’s vision was poor and the constant scowl came from her efforts to see beyond the end of her own nose Though she looked hard and bitter nothing could be further from the truth She was tender-hearted and devoted to her brother though he was far away and in horrible 10