"What is this you say ?" she asked.

"What are you talking of ?" "It is my testimony which may save an innocent life," said I, "and they will not suffer me to bear it.

What would you do yourself?
You know what this is, whose father lies in danger.

Would you desert the poor soul?
They have tried all ways with me.

They have sought to bribe me; they offered me hills and valleys.