No--I will hold you, if you try to escape me, and I will bring you to a place of safety by force, if need be." "And you will leave me there, and I shall never see you again.

I will not go, and you will find it hard to take me anywhere in the crowded city by force.

You are not Israel Kafka, with the whole Jews' quarter at your command in which to hide me." The Wanderer was perplexed.

He saw, however, that if he would yield the point and give his word to return to her, she might be induced to follow his advice.
"If I promise to come back to you, will you do what I ask ?" he inquired.
"Will you promise truly ?" "I have never broken a promise yet." "Did you promise that other woman that you would never love again, I wonder?
If so, you are faithful indeed.

But you have forgotten that.
Will you come back to me if I let you take me where I shall be safe to-night ?" "I will come back whenever you send for me." "If you fail, my blood is on your head." "Yes--on my head be it." "Very well.