"Therefore, I will not judge your case at present.

Ho! guard, come hither." As he heard the soldiers stirring without in answer to my summons, the man, who was unarmed, looked about his desperately; then he sprang at the fruit, and, seizing a fig, strove to thrust it into his mouth.

But I was too quick for him, and within a few seconds the soldiers had him fast.
"Shut this man in a safe dungeon," I said.

"Treat and feed him well, but search him.

See also that he does himself no harm and that none speak with him.