'You'll oblige me by leaving the house directly.' "'Leave the house--my house!' said Tubbs.
"'If you don't, I'll call in the neighbors,' said the courageous woman.
"'I don't believe they'd dare to come,' said Tubbs, smiling queerly at the recollection of what a sensation his appearance had made.
"'Won't you go ?' "'At least you'll let me have some dinner.

I am 'most famished.' "'Dinner!" said Mrs.Tubbs, hesitating.

'I don't think there's enough in the house.

However, you can sit down to the table.' "Tubbs attempted to sit down on a chair, but his weight was so great that it was crushed beneath him.

Finally, he was compelled to sit on the floor, and even then his stature was such that his head rose to the height of six feet.
"What an enormous appetite he had, too! The viands on the table seemed nothing.