Evan Harrington - 23 - Mrs Mel's Firmness

Illustration for Chapter 26 of "Evan Harrington". Once a Week, volume 2, page 599. Mrs. Mel faces down Tom Cogglesby. He has been bullying the landlady of the Dolphin (at back) with demands and insults, but Mrs. Mel gets him to accept his dinner with her no-nonsense firmness. She is depicted here as distincly taller than him.