When we reach the Borev Bridge we are as good as at home, and we shall be there before any one can overtake us, I'll warrant." "But what if the Torda woods are held by the enemy ?" queried Manasseh.
"Then we will take up our quarters for the present in Balyika Cave.
Everything is provided there for our comfort, and we shall not suffer.
We'll wait until the danger passes.

Near the Balyika Gate we shall find a signal: a cord will be stretched from one rock to another, and a red rag hung on it if danger threatens, but a green twig if all is well." "And when you first proposed in Kolozsvar that we should go home by way of Torda Gap, did you know the perils we should have to face ?" "Certainly," replied Aaron.

"You can read my heart, brother, like an open book, and I need not try to conceal anything from you.

Do you suppose we should ever have taken up arms unless we had been forced to do so, even as you will exchange the olive-branch for the sword as soon as you find what is dearest to you in danger?
You cannot do otherwise; the iron hand of destiny constrains you.

You have brought your sweetheart with you from Rome; your honour as a man obliges you to make her your lawful wife.