I felt certain that at that moment she would willingly have torn the little lawyer, with his insinuations, into pieces, but she replied quietly enough: "No. 
She was asked nothing by the litigator.
mnli hypothesis: She was asked nothing by the litigator. premise: I felt certain that at that moment she would willingly have torn the little lawyer, with his insinuations, into pieces, but she replied quietly enough: "No. 