She had yellow wrinkled skin, a square upright forehead, shaggy grey eyebrows, beneath which, in two cavernous sockets, were two black beady-looking eyes.

Her mouth was large and coarse, and, to make that feature still more objectionable, two large teeth, like two fangs, stuck out at a considerable angle from her upper jaw and rested on the lower lip.
Altogether the face was repulsive.

Added to this, she was tall and bony, and would have passed anywhere for one of the witches of olden time.
"I have altered my mind, Gertrude, and am going with you." This was said in a harsh, thick voice.
"I see you are here, Miss Staggles," said the younger lady very coolly.
"I did not intend coming at first, but your aunt, poor silly thing, said you would not take your maid with you, and so I thought it would be a sin for a young girl like you to travel alone to Yorkshire on a day like this." "Yorkshire ?" I thought.

"Is that old woman to be in this carriage with me for five or six long hours?
I'll get out." I was too late; at that moment the guard's whistle blew, and the train moved slowly out of the station.

At all events, I had to remain until the train stopped, so I composed myself as well as I could, and resolved to make the best of it.