I wonder if I can butter him down" ? " I shouldn't have expected either truth or honor or fair dealing from you, knowing you as I do.

不知能不能把他压祝" " 我了解你的为人，所以不指望你说实话，顾面子，公平交易。

(H.) Now as to those Law-Courts. Were they places of fair dealing according to the ideas of the day? Had a poor man a good chance of defending his property and person in them?

(H.) 现在关于那些法庭。根据当时的想法，它们是公平交易的地方吗？一个穷人有机会捍卫自己的财产和人身吗？