It was strange: a bold, vindictive, and haughty gentleman seemed somehow in the power of one of the meanest of his dependants; so much in her power, that even when she lifted her hand against his life, he dared not openly charge her with the attempt, much less punish her for it.
N'était-ce pas singulier? Un gentleman hautain, téméraire et vindicatif, tombé au pouvoir de la dernière de ses servantes! et lorsqu'elle attentait à sa vie, il n'osait pas l'accuser publiquement et lui infliger un châtiment!