"Not yet."
"How much does he want?"
"Nothing."
"Well, but didn't you throw the fear of God into him?"
"We can't purchase and we can't coerce—at least not by mere threats."
"Then, we've got to frighten him by something else, Stein. How'd he get those things that he's got?"
"He wouldn't say. I scarcely expected that he would."
"Did you put on the political screws?"
"I put on all, as far as was wise. He is a clever young man, and he knows we can't hurt him so long as he has certain things in his possession."
The situation apparently passed Hallett's comprehension: it was outside of his experience.