Yet, in truth, neither did justice to the other; and the indignant disdain of Almamen was retorted by the cold and icy contempt of the Dominican.
"Prisoner," said Torquemada (the first to withdraw his gaze), "a less haughty and stubborn demeanour might have better suited thy condition: but no matter; our Church is meek and humble.

We have sent for thee in a charitable and paternal hope; for although, as spy and traitor, thy life is already forfeited, yet would we fain redeem and spare it to repentance.

That hope mayst thou not forego, for the nature of all of us is weak and clings to life--that straw of the drowning seaman." "Priest, if such thou art," replied the Hebrew, "I have already, when first brought to this camp, explained the causes of my detention amongst the troops of the Moor.

It was my zeal for the king of Spain that brought me into that peril.

Escaping from that peril, incurred in his behalf, is the king of Spain to be my accuser and my judge?
If, however, my life now be sought as the grateful return for the proffer of inestimable service, I stand here to yield it.