Their search to the south I knew would prove equally futile.

I could have fallen on my knees in a prayer of thanksgiving had my surroundings been other than they were.
Ramiro's eye wandered round to me and settled on me in a lowering glance.

By his face it was plain that the message disappointed him.
"I wonder," said he, "whether we could make you talk ?" And from me his eyes roamed on to the instrument of torture at the end of that long chamber.

I grew sick with fear, for if he were to do this thing, and maim me by it, how should I avail myself or her hereafter?
"Excellency," I cried, "since you met me you have hinted at something that I am hiding from you, at something touching which I could give you information did I choose.

What it may be passes all thought of mine.