the tender and delicate woman among you

Thunders across the suspended bridge of Henry, bombed out, towards the clear light of temptless day, shouting back over his Rightist shoulder an addendum, going: 'Yerr orta be ashamed of yer pudendum muliebre!' or something of the sort.

a new batch of Lords

Although porcupines lack the ability to throw their quills, they do have the capacity to raise and lower them at will. When threatened, a porky elevates its quills so that it bristles like some sort of mammalian cactus with giant spines.