He hoped she was not incommoded by the fatigues of the day. Incommoded certainly, returned the young lady, but not tired. The insinuating traveller complimented her on the justice of the distinction. It was what he meant to say. Every lady must doubtless be incommoded, by having to do with that proverbially unaccommodating animal, the mule.
This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
And though you overcame the Bear, / The Dogs beat you at Brentford Fair; / Where sturdy Butchers broke your Noddle, / And handl'd you like a Fop-doodle.
