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Nothing either frightening or ugly, but still exceedingly curious. A little woman, no bigger than he might himself have been had his legs grown like those of other children; but she was not a child--she was an old woman. Her hair was gray, and her dress was gray, and there was a gray shadow over her wherever she moved. But she had the sweetest smile, the prettiest hands, and when she spoke it was in the softest voice imaginable.
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Dinah Maria Craik born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet.Mulock was born at Stoke-on-Trent to Dinah and Thomas Mulock and raised in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, where her father was then minister of a small independent non-conformist congregation. Her childhood and early youth were much affected by his unsettled fortunes, but she obtained a good education from various quarters and felt called to be a writer. She came to London about 1846, much at the same time as two friends, Alexander Macmillan and Charles Edward Mudie. Introduced by Camilla Toulmin to Westland Marston, she rapidly...
'Mistress and Maid' by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik is a novel that tells the story of three impoverished sisters who hire a maid to help with their domestic duties. Elizabeth Hand, the young and awkward maid, grows to adore Hilary Leaf, the youngest sister, who inspires her with her liveliness and effervescence. But the story is not just about the relationship between mistress and maid; it delves into the great divide between the educated and the uneducated, the refined and the coarse. This 19th-century domestic tale is a touching and insightful story of perseverance and sacrifice, with characters that are truly human and relatable.