Yet despite her connections and some of the country's finest lawyers arguing her case, after her husband's death she was forced empty-handed out of her matrimonial home of 13 years.
" Keep 'em, to be sure, " said Fairway, " if it is only for luck. Perhaps 'twill tempt some woman that thy poor carcase had no power over when standing empty-handed."
It's about the best we can do, Smiih. We need to hammer something out today. If I go back empty-handed. I may be coming back to you soon to ask for a job.
He declared that the working-man, single-handed and empty-handed, threatened with starvation if unemployed, was no match for the employer who was able to bargain and wait.