She met with immediate success! But only if her goal had been to strain several muscles in her back, get a splinter in one finger, and not move the crate even half an inch. “Confound it,” she muttered. Then taking a determined breath, she applied her posterior to the edge, set her legs at an angle, and pushed with greater force. This time she got further! Insofar as she strained all the muscles in her legs as well as her back.
