I am ready to take all necessary steps for you; but, Mr.Jasper, I very strongly incline to the opinion that the least noise you make in this matter, the better.

Couldn't you--for a consideration in money, for instance--overcome the reluctance of Claire and his wife to part with the child?
Honey, you know, catches more flies than vinegar." "Buy him off, you mean ?" "Yes." "No--no! I hate him too cordially for that.

He's a villain in disguise; that's my opinion of him.

A low, canting hypocrite.

Buy him off for money.