“They are not fit to associate with me.”
Mrs. Reed was rather a stout woman; but, on hearing this strange and audacious declaration, she ran nimbly up the stair, swept me like a whirlwind into the nursery, and crushing me down on the edge of my crib, dared me in an emphatic voice to rise from that place, or utter one syllable during the remainder of the day.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 4. When the rebellious Jane hits John Reed on the nose for attempting to abuse her and declares that the Reed children are not fit to associate with her, Mrs. Reed attacks her. A simile describes Mrs. Reed sweeping Jane “like a whirlwind” into the nursery, where Jane is confined and told to shut up by Mrs. Reed, who boxes her ears.