master pfriem was a short, thin, but lively man, who never rested a moment. his face, of which his turned-up nose was the only prominent feature, was marked with small-pox and pale as death, his hair was gray and shaggy, his eyes small, but they glanced perpetually about on all sides. he saw everything, criticised everything, knew everything best, and was always in the right. when he went into the streets, he moved his arms about as if he were rowing; and once he struck the pail of a girl, who was carrying water, so high in the air that he himself was wetted all over by it. "stupid thing," cried he to her, while he was shaking himself, "couldst thou not see that i was coming behind thee?"