He pulled hard at the plank; but it was long, and so jammed in by miscellaneous articles, that he could not get it clear.
Jael looked on demurely at his efforts for some time; then she suddenly seized the plank a little higher up.

"Now, pull," said she, and gave a tug like a young elephant: out came the plank directly, with a great rattle of dislocated lumber.
"Well, you are a strong one," said Henry.
"Oh, one and one makes two, sir," replied the vigorous damsel, modestly.
"That is true, but you threw your weight into it like a workman.

Now hand me that rusty old saw, and I'll cut off as much as we want." While he was sawing off a piece of the plank, Jael stood and eyed him silently a while.

But presently her curiosity oozed out.

"If you please, sir, be you really a working man ?" "Why, what else should I be ?" was the answer, given rather brusquely.
"A great many gentlefolks comes here as is no better dressed nor you be." "Dress is no rule.