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"Have no fear, Inkosazana," said the man, answering the question in her eyes. "Ibubesi has killed one of us because we do not like this business and would clean it off our hands, that is all. The chief Dario is safe, and I swear to thee that no harm shall come to him from us.
"Before the holy God, upon my knighthood, by the sacred love we bear each other, I swear I know of no such plot," answered John. "I would be the first to tell our good queen did I suspect its existence." Dorothy and John continued talking upon the subject of the plot, but were soon interrupted by a warning knock upon the dungeon door.
Theophilus's French valet, poured such a heap of flummery into the dear girl's ears, that it turned her 'ead altogether, and she run off with the haffected puppy last night; but let him look well after himself, for I swear the first time I catch him, I'll make cat's meat of him. Ah! sir, the song says, that it's the men who is so cruelly deceitful, but I have found it the reverse.
And when I so feel, I swear that while I live I will do what little I can to preserve and to augment the liberties of man, woman, and child. It is a question of justice, of mercy, of honesty, of intellectual development. If there is a man in the world who is not willing to give to every human being every right he claims for himself, he is just so much nearer a barbarian than I am.
For as a matter of fact the brougham also was here then just outside the next-door office. I think I might swear to that same brougham though of course I didn't notice it so particularly that first time." Hewitt whistled. "Oh!" he said. "Tell me about this. Did he get into the brougham this time?" "Yes.
He still considered that as he had been the first to swear fealty, and to place his services at the command of the Regent, he had a right to retain the supremacy which he had then assumed; and this arrogant pretension enabled him for a time to support the daily affronts to which he was subjected; but it soon became apparent that his position must ere long prove untenable.
"Wasn't it spirited in such poor people too?" said Lady Florimel, the colour rising in her face, and her eyes sparkling. "It was damned impudent," said the marquis. "I think it was damned dignified," said Lady Florimel. The marquis stared. The visitors, after a momentary silence, burst into a great laugh. "I wanted to see," said Lady Florimel calmly, "whether I couldn't swear if I tried.
Yes, yes..." and drawing herself up as tall as possible she went on very seriously: "Swear by your bride Mandane as truly as you believe that she loves you...." "But, sweet soul...." "Swear that you will never betray to a living soul what I am going to say not even to Mother Joanna and Pulcheria; no, nor even to your Mandane, unless you find you cannot help it and she gives her sacred word...."
If thou give thy people the idea of evil spirits, they will say at once that they saw such with their own eyes, because that will justify them in thy sight. Ask one of them, as a test, if he did not see spirits carrying off Lygia through the air, he will swear at once by the ægis of Zeus that he saw them." Vinicius, who was superstitious also, looked at Petronius with sudden and great fear.
So I waited till the hour of night prayer and was about to go forth in fear and trembling, when she stopped me, saying, "By Allah, I will not let thee go until thou swear to come back this night before the closing of the door."
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