Will you honour me by accepting a passage on her ?" "Certainly," answered Nehushta, "provided that you accompany us." "It was not my intention to go to Tyre this voyage." "Then your intention can be changed.

Look you, we are desperate, and our lives are at stake.

Your life is also at stake, and I swear to you, by the Holy One we worship, that before any harm comes to my mistress you shall die.

Then what will your wealth and your schemes avail you in the grave?
It is a little thing we ask of you--to help two innocent people to escape from this accursed city.

Will you grant it?
Or shall I put this dagger through your throat?
Answer, and at once, or I strike and bury you in your own corn." Even in that light Amram turned visibly paler.