One of her amusements was to cut off her hair, lock by lock, and cut it short before she was well enough to walk about.

She played on a jewsharp, and on a little fife when her breath permitted, and invented grotesque costumes out of bits of silk and lace.

Temperance was much engaged, at her dictation, in the composition of elaborate dishes, which she rarely ate, but forced Temperance to.

She was more patient with her than any other person; with us she was excessively high-tempered, especially with father.

She could not bear to catch a glimpse of the sea, nor to hear it; if she heard it echoing in the house, she played on her fife, or jewsharp, or asked Aunt Merce to sing some old song.
But she liked the view from the north windows, even when the boughs were bare and the fields barren.