I have influence, Fred, to help or oppose.

Which way shall I use it?
There are a pair of scales, and it goes into one.' 'Throw it into mine then,' said Trent.
'It's done, Fred,' rejoined Quilp, stretching out his clenched hand and opening it as if he had let some weight fall out.

'It's in the scale from this time, and turns it, Fred.

Mind that.' 'Where have they gone ?' asked Trent.
Quilp shook his head, and said that point remained to be discovered, which it might be, easily.

When it was, they would begin their preliminary advances.