Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
A. I ate my breakfast with pleasure and was about to remove a plank to procure myself a little water when I heard a step, and looking through a small chink, I beheld a young creature, with a pail on her head, passing before my hovel.
B. As she walked along, seemingly incommoded by the burden, a young man met her, whose countenance expressed a deeper despondence.
C. It was indeed a paradise compared to the bleak forest, my former residence, the rain-dropping branches, and dank earth.
D. Yet she was meanly dressed, a coarse blue petticoat and a linen jacket being her only garb; her fair hair was plaited but not adorned: she looked patient yet sad.
E. The girl was young and of gentle demeanor, unlike what I have since found cottages and farmhouse servants to be.