No, I think not at present, for a reward presupposes services--and I see none." Black Meg began to storm.
"Be silent," said Montalvo, dropping his bantering tone.

"Look, I will be frank with you.

I do not want to burn anybody.

I am sick of all this nonsense about religion, and for aught I care every Netherlander in Leyden may read the Bible until he grows tired.

I seek to marry that Jufvrouw Lysbeth van Hout, and to do this I desire to prove that the man whom she loves, Dirk van Goorl, is a heretic.