But on the whole she seemed happy and content, exploring every nook and corner of the kitchen and examining curiously every article of furniture as if it were quite new to her.
Once when Mrs.Crawford was talking earnestly to her, trying to make her understand, she stood for a moment watching and imitating the motion of the lady's lips and the expression of her face; then going up to her she began to examine her mouth and her teeth, as if she would know what manner of machinery it was which produced sounds so new and strange to her.

She certainly was a remarkable child for her age, though Mrs.
Crawford was puzzled to know just how old she was.

She was very small, and, judging from her size, one would have said she was hardly three; but the expression of her face was so mature, and she saw things so quickly and understood so readily, that she must have been older.

She was certainly very precocious, with a most inquiring turn of mind, and Mrs.Crawford felt herself greatly interested in her as she watched her active movements and listened to the musical prattle she could not understand.
She had examined the carpet-bag, in which were found the articles necessary for an ocean voyage, and little else.

Most of these were soiled from use, but there was among them a little clean, white apron, and this Mrs.Crawford put upon the child, after having washed her face and hands and brushed her wavy hair, which had a trick of coiling itself into soft, fluffy curls all over her head.
The bread and milk had been given her about twelve o'clock, and the laugh she gave when she saw it showed her appreciation of it quite as much as the eagerness with which she ate it.