TEMPTATION 43

away in anger. But you never would have
supposed that such a change, not only of
countenance but of figure, would have come
over any one as that which Hurly-Burly now
witnessed. The youthful appearance of the
being before him passed away in the twink-
ling of an eye, her cheeks fell in, her nose
stood out like a beak, her chin lengthened,
wrinkles came out upon her face which
made her look aged at once, her straw hat
turned into a hideous cap, and she stood
before the astonished eyes of the boy, an
old woman, and a very ugly old woman too.
She did not give him much time for amuse-
ment, for at the same moment her switch
became a broomstick, on which she at once
got astride, her basket, changed into a grey
cat, sprang upon her shoulder, and off she
went, half-flying and half-scuffling along, as
fast as she could, only turning round to shake
her fist wildly at her intended victim, and
uttering a sound something between a laugh
and a yell, which was one of the most dis-
agreeable which he had ever heard. You
may well believe that this adventure both
alarmed little Hurly-Burly, and filled him
with determination to be in future more