They were not porters, and they would not lift boxes; that sort of work was not what they were engaged for.

No New York family expected service of that kind from those who were not hired for it.
The proprietor, who had been in the habit of exacting any service from any man or woman in his employ that he desired, was angry.

He would have turned every one of them out of the house, if it had not been so inconvenient for him to lose them then.

Curses trembled upon his lips, but he curbed them, inwardly determining to have his revenge when the opportunity should arise.

The servants saw his eyes, and went back to their work somewhat doubtful as to whether they had made a judicious beginning.