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.
Era extraño que un propietario, hombre de mal carácter y bastante rencoroso, estuviese en cierto modo a merced de la más insignificante de sus sirvientas, hasta el punto de que pudiera atentar contra su vida sin que la castigase ni la culpase siquiera.