I take upon myself all the peril.

It shall be made to appear that I have all along kept her in hiding, and that you knew nothing of her.

Be advised before the worst comes upon you.

I will escape with her to a place of safety that I know of; _you_ will be declared innocent, and no one will care to ask what has become of Aurelia.

Think well; you spoke of prisons, but the Greeks have worse than imprisonment for those who incur their wrath.