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`` Tie you hand and foot till to-morrow morning and then deliver you over to the authorities . '' `` No , you wo n't ! '' He made a renewed struggle , but Watson was a man with muscles of iron , and the attempt was unsuccessful . It was not without considerable difficulty , however , that the midnight intruder was secured . When , at length , he was bound hand and foot , Watson withdrew to a little distance . Joe and he looked at Rafferty , and each felt that he had seldom seen a more brutal face . `` Well , '' growled Rafferty , `` I hope you are satisfied ? ''