Had he, however, been so timid as to leave the money lying there, they would have regarded his action as such an insult that he would have been compelled to fight the entire company, one after another, in single combat.
"Now, then," said the leader, "we have time to talk.

Why are you here--to persuade us to release your two brothers and leave Toroczko in peace ?" "A man of your discernment can fathom my motives without asking any questions," replied Manasseh, with a courteous bow.
"Well, let us see how you are going to work to bring this about.

Your brother David, like the simple rustic he is, thought to talk me over with Bible quotations.

He preached me a sermon on the love of one's neighbour, Christ's commandments, the almighty power of Jehovah, and a lot more of the same sort, until at last I grew tired of it and had him locked up to keep him quiet.

Your brother Simon is a shrewder man; he has been to school at Kolozsvar.