So Mrs Chick, who had her matronly apprehensions that this indulgence in grief might be prejudicial to the little Dombey (' acid, indeed, 'she whispered Miss Tox), hastened to the rescue.
Mary, a matronly young blonde, was washing dishes in the little back room that served for kitchen and dining room.
Then -- the morning light still waxing stronger -- old patriarchs would rise up in great haste, each in his flannel gown, and matronly dames, without pausing to put off their night-gear.
Mary, in her matronly days, became as solid in figure as her mother.
Her matronly fame was trodden under all men's feet.
