"I told you that I was going to make you tell me where you had put that office key, didn't I?
Well, I intend to do it.

I have tamed many a wild colt, and I know how to tame you!" As he spoke, he adroitly threw the noose over Frank's head, and drew it tight around his neck.

Then, seizing him by the shoulders, he pushed him against the wall, under the hook, and pulled down on the lasso, until Frank began to rise on his toes.

This was intended merely to give him a foretaste of what was in store for him.
"Now you know how it feels," said Pierre, slackening up on the rope, "and you ought to know, by this time, that I am not playing with you.

I am in sober earnest, and if you don't answer my question, I'll hang you, right here in your own room, and with your own lasso.