I would betray the whole world to save him, of that you may be sure.

But alas! I know no man whom I can betray.

John told me nothing of his expedition to the Scottish border save what was in two letters which he sent to me.

One of these I received before he left Rutland, and the other after his return." She fetched the letters to the queen, who read them carefully.
"Perhaps if I were to see him, he might, upon my importunity, tell me all he knows concerning the affair and those connected with it if he knows anything more than he has already told," said Dorothy, by a great effort suppressing her eagerness.

"I am sure, your Majesty, he would tell me all Should he tell me the names of any persons connected with any treasonable plot, I will certainly tell you.