I have you in my power; and I mean to keep you there.

But I shall not be very hard on you.

So, don't look so awfully cut down." For once the scheming, unscrupulous lawyer found himself outwitted.
His tool had proved too sharp for him.

Without a doubt he was in his power to an extent by no means agreeable to contemplate.

Grind now saw that conciliation was far better than antagonism.
When Martin retired from the lawyer's office, he had in his pocket a check for two hundred dollars, while behind him was left his solemn pledge to leave the city for New Orleans the next day.