1.   A flash of white feathers in the field, and the old woman was carrying a bucket.

2.   A lost cause, the old woman reflected sadly.

3.   A woman was standing near him, an old woman, plump, with grey hair, wearing a black frock.

4.   An old woman in tattered clothes walked down the street pushing a dilapidated pram.

5.   An old woman nudged her way to the back of the bus.

6.   An old woman ridiculous in the presence of desire.

7.   An old woman was kneeling at the altar, her hands clasping a rosary.

8.   An old woman who looked, as the flatterers said, remarkable.

9.   An old woman who was lying on her side mistook me for a doctor, and called me to sit by her.

10.   At the far end of the Market, a wrinkled old woman sat smoking a pipe.