"I swear to you again, rather than betray you, I would allow myself to be hacked in pieces!" "You have done well to speak to me, and ask for my assistance, for I was about to form another plan, and leave you; but your age reassures me.

I will not forget you.

Wait." "How long ?" "I must calculate our chances; I will give you the signal." "But you will not leave me; you will come to me, or you will let me come to you.

We will escape, and if we cannot escape we will talk; you of those whom you love, and I of those whom I love.

You must love somebody ?" "No, I am alone in the world." "Then you will love me.