I am a giant, and I can eat thee;
Thou art a dwarf, and thou canst not eat me.

'In short, if you will reap any benefit from this story towards
rendering you happy, whenever you have any power, you must follow
the example of the giant Benefico, and do good with it: and when
you are under any sufferings, like Mignon, you must patiently
endure them till you can find a remedy: then, in one case, like
Benefico, you will enjoy what you possess; and, in the other, you
will in time, like Mignon, overcome your sufferings: for the
natural consequence of indulging cruelty and revenge in the mind,
even where there is the highest power to gratify it, is misery.'

Here Miss Sukey Jennet interrupted Miss Jenny, saying, that she
herself had experienced the truth of that observation in the
former part of her life: for she never had known either peace or
pleasure, till she had conquered in her mind the desire of hurting
and being revenged on those who she thought did not by their
behaviour show the same regard for her, that her own good opinion
of herself made her think she deserved. Miss Jenny then asked
her, if she was willing to lead the way to the rest of her
companions, by telling her past life? She answered, she would do
it with all her heart; and, by having so many and great faults to
confess, she hoped she should, by her true confessions, set them
an example of honesty and ingenuity.



THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS SUKEY JENNETT.