I think I saved your life.

I was carrying you away in my arms when she waked you." "I thank you--I suppose it is as you tell me.

You could not move--but you saw it all, you say.

You saw me play the part of the apostate, you heard me confess the Christian's faith ?" "Yes--I saw you die in agony, confessing it still." Israel Kafka ground his teeth and turned his face away.

The Wanderer was silent.