"My first aim will be to _clean down_ (do you comprehend the full force of the expression?)--to _clean down_ Moor House from chamber to cellar; my next to rub it up with bees-wax, oil, and an indefinite number of cloths, till it glitters again; my third, to arrange every chair, table, bed, carpet, with mathematical precision; afterwards I shall go near to ruin you in coals and peat to keep up good fires in every room; and lastly, the two days preceding that on which your sisters are expected will be devoted by Hannah and me to such a beating of eggs, sorting of currants, grating of spices, compounding of Christmas cakes, chopping up of materials for mince-pies, and solemnising of other culinary rites, as words can convey but an inadequate notion of to the uninitiated like you.
-Primero, limpiar Moor House de arriba abajo; segundo, encerarla y pulirla cuanto pueda; tercero, colocar todas las mesas, sillas y demás muebles con un orden y precisión matemáticos; cuarto, arruinarme comprando carbón y leña para que en cada cuarto haya un fuego excelente; quinto, dedicar a Hannah, dos días antes de que lleguen Diana y Mary, a batir tantos huevos, amasar tantas empanadas y preparar tantos bollos de Pascua, que no hay palabras en el diccionario para darle idea de la solemnidad de los ritos culinarios a que me entregaré.