It was known to them all that the feeling at the palace was inimical to Mr.
Crawley.

"That she-Beelzebub hates him for his poverty, and because Arabin brought him into the diocese," said the archdeacon, permitting himself to use very strong language in his allusion to the bishop's wife.

It must be recorded on his behalf that he used the phrase in the presence only of the gentlemen of the party.

I think he might have whispered the word into the ear of his confidential friend old Lady Lufton, and perhaps have given no offence; but he would not have ventured to use such words aloud in the presence of ladies.
"You forget, archdeacon," said Dr.Thorne, laughing, "that the she-Beelzebub is my wife's particular friend." "Not a bit of it," said the archdeacon.

"Your wife knows better than that.