I could tear out this craven tongue of mine.

But did you know what agonies I suffered, and to what a torture they submitted me to render me unfaithful, it may be that you, yourself, would pity me." "Why, that I do," answered Francesco gently.

"Indeed, could I have seen the consequences that oath would have for you, I had not bound you by it." The fear in Peppe's face gave place to unbelief.
"And you forgive me, lord ?" he cried.

"I dreaded when you entered that you were come to punish me for what wrong I may have done you in speaking.

But if you forgive me, it may be that Heaven will forgive me also, and that I may not be damned.