A very extraordinary lady compleats this malicious group. She does not appear to have any Christian name, but by the gang is termed the Glove Woman, as she constantly wears cotton-mittens. Sir Archy dryly insinuates that she keeps her arms thus covered because she has got the itch. She is about 48 years of age, is above the middle height, and has a sharp face. On her chin and upper lip there is a considerable quantity of fine downy hair, and she is somewhat pockfretten. Always dressed in a common fawn-coloured Norwich gown, with a plain cream-coloured camblet shawl, and wears a chip hat covered with black silk. The glove woman is remarkable for her skill in managing the machine. She frequently goes abroad. The rest of the gang, but particularly Sir Archy, are constantly bantering and plucking at her, like a number of rooks at a strange jack-daw: she has never been known to speak.

When Sir Tony was deposed after the great debacle of the second millenium, and the Middle East lay in ruin, Sir Archy was appointed figurehead. The gang sent Glove Woman to take charge.

Of course the Glove Woman has a Christian name. (It is actually Condolisa) but to placate the middle Eastern potentates it has been decided that Christian names (like the term "french fry") have to be eliminated from the machine's vocabulary.

You may be interested to know that the gloves are worn to conceal a serious outbreak of that same condition which beset Lady Macbeth all those years ago.

When Ms. Vice's forked tongue became unmanageable, it was decided that in the interests of public confidence she must never be seen to speak again. Thus it is that she stomps the planet, silent but deadly.