She went up two or three steps, and took hold of one handle of the trunk, saying: 'There; I think it can be managed this way,' and she pointed for him to seize the other end with his hand.
He was now in that unpleasant state of prickly heat when testy old gentlemen could commit slaughter with ecstasy.

Had it been the maid holding a candle who had dared to advise, he would have overturned her undoubtedly, and established a fresh instance of the impertinence, the uselessness and weakness of women.

Mrs.Mel topped him by half a head, and in addition stood three steps above him; towering like a giantess.
The extreme gravity of her large face dispersed all idea of an assault.
The old gentleman showed signs of being horribly injured: nevertheless, he put his hand to the trunk; it was lifted, and the procession ascended the stairs in silence.
The landlady waited for Mrs.Mel to return, and then said: 'Really, Mrs.Harrington, you are clever.

That lifting that trunk's as good as a lock and bolt on him.

You've as good as made him a Dolphin--him that was one o' the oldest Green Dragons in Fallifield.