I was impelled by a sentiment that does you honor; a sentiment, that would sanctify my deed; but, whatever it be, you are safe.

Be this chimera still worshipped; I will do nothing to pollute it." There he stopped.
The accents and gestures of this man left me drained of all courage.
Surely, on no other occasion should I have been thus pusillanimous.

My state I regarded as a hopeless one.

I was wholly at the mercy of this being.

Whichever way I turned my eyes, I saw no avenue by which I might escape.