He is, I fear, much concerned, but says he must think.

When I told him of our friendship and how you trust to me in the matter, he said, 'You must tell him all you think.

Tell him what I think, if you can guess it, if you will.

Nay, I am not jesting.

This is no jest, but life and death, perhaps more.' I asked what he meant by that, for he was very serious.