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.
Hogy amikor az a senki az életére tör, a gazdája akkor sem meri nyíltan vádolni a merénylettel, még kevésbé megbüntetni!