Anaccidentaloccurrencehadinstructedmehowmuchsweepingmightbedoneinalittletime。IfoundatmydoorinCraven—street，onemorning，apoorwomansweepingmypavementwithabirchbroom；
sheappearedverypaleandfeeble，asjustcomeoutofafitofsickness。Iask’dwhoemploy’dhertosweepthere；shesaid，\"Nobody，butIamverypoorandindistress，andIsweepsbeforegentlefolksesdoors，andhopestheywillgivemesomething。\"Ibidhersweepthewholestreetclean，andIwouldgiveherashilling；
thiswasatnineo’clock；at12shecamefortheshilling。
FromtheslownessIsawatfirstinherworking，Icouldscarcebelievethattheworkwasdonesosoon，andsentmyservanttoexamineit，whoreportedthatthewholestreetwassweptperfectlyclean，andallthedustplac’dinthegutter，whichwasinthemiddle；
andthenextrainwash’ditquiteaway，sothatthepavementandeventhekennelwereperfectlyclean。