Tonight I discovered that he had been summoned here, and I made up my mind to come and take him away.

Your father has sworn to shoot me if I set foot in his house or on ground of his.

Well, my duty was clear and I came to do it.

And yet--I stopped at the foot of the stair--because--because I remembered that you were Robert Carewe's daughter.

What of you, if I went up and harm came to me from your father?
For I swear I would not have touched him! You asked me not to speak of 'personal' things, and I have obeyed you; but you see I must tell you one thing now: I have cared for this friend of mine more than for all else under heaven, but I turned and left him to his ruin, and would a thousand times, rather than bring trouble upon you! 'A thousand times ?' Ah! I swear it should be a thousand times a thousand!" He had paraded in one speech from the prisoner's dock to Capulet's garden, and her eyes were shining into his like a great light when he finished.
"Go quickly," she whispered.