[…] the hands of the same exalted young lady being also well calculated to give any man such a 'buckhorse' as would have sent him whirling round the presence-chamber […]

The man obviously had an aversion to Wally World: receiving stolen property in '73, […]; receiving stolen property in '78; […]; and grand theft […].

Holy shit, that car just exploded!

Use fabric or nursery grade webbing around stakes and trunk, loosely tying the line to the tree about 6 inches below the point where the tree bounces back in your hand when you grab the trunk.