There had been no eloquence then,--no expostulation.

Now he thoroughly wished that he was able to make restitution.

'A threat has been used to me,' he muttered almost anxious to explain to the man his exact position.
'A threat! I ain't threatened nothing.

But I tell you there will be threats and worse than threats.

Fair means first and foul means afterwards! That's about it, Caldigate.' If he could have got this man to say that there was no threat, to be simply piteous, he thought that he might even yet have suggested some compromise.