"You swore to slay any unbeliever that fell into your hands.

This man has not fallen into your hands.

I have a previous claim to him.

He is under my protection.

I cover him with my robe"-- and she swept a portion of her garment round Gregory--"and as long as he is under it he is, according to tribal laws, safe even from the vengeance of my husband! "As to the other, he is not an unbeliever.