He saw the agitation he had caused, and he almost repented of what he had already said; yet he had acted with a view to getting M.Fille to warn Jean Jacques.
"I repeat what I said," he now replied.

"Monsieur Jean Jacques' affairs are too nicely balanced.

A little shove one way or another and over goes the whole caboose.

If anyone here has influence over him, it would be a kindness to use it.

That case before the Court of Appeal, for instance; he'd be better advised to settle it, if there is still time.