My favourite seat was a smooth and broad stone, rising white and dry from the very middle of the beck, and only to be got at by wading through the water; a feat I accomplished barefoot.
But yeah, the boundaries piece for me is, when you are so unwell, and you have a little human relying on your every beck and call, you just, you don't have time and space.
O, let me suffer, being at your beck, The imprison'd absence of your liberty; And patience, tame to sufferance, bide each check, Without accusing you of injury.
The Queen's wine was served in a golden chalice, her food was served on a silver platter, and she was served by a battalion of housekeepers, butlers, maids, and stewards, all ready and waiting to answer her beck and call.
He also cautioned that if children get the impression that their parents have nothing better to do than be at their beck and call, they would gain a false idea of love.