Their daughters all refused to marry the men chosen for them, but the wenches were made to yield.

If I had a daughter who refused to obey me, I would break her; I would break her.

Yes, by God, I would break her if I had to kill her," and the old man brought his clenched hand down upon the oak table with a crash.

His eyes glared frightfully, and his face bore a forbidding expression which boded no good for Dorothy.
"She will make trouble in this matter," Sir George continued, tapping the parchment with his middle finger.
"She will make trouble about this; but, by God, Malcolm, she shall obey me." He struck the oaken table another great blow with his fist, and glared fiercely across at me.
"Lord Wyatt had trouble with his daughter when he made the marriage with Devonshire," continued Sir George.
"A damned good match it was, too, for the girl.

But she had her heart set on young Gillman, and she refused to obey her father.