Basically, the quote means that this lady has lived a long, tired, and hardworking life. Her soul is at rest because she is satisfied with the life that she lives.
As the narrator deducts money from yulias pay in the ninny the main way that he justifies to her that he is correct and she is not is be saying that she has done poor work.
Eery, spooky, quiet, silent, daunting, bristling, creaking
Mythic creatures teach us about different cultures based on how they are treated in old folk tale,how they survive and the differences between them some are magical and lively to everyone while some are hated just for the way they look