If I kill him, you need not wed me unless you so desire.

But this fight is to the death, yes, whether you live or die, it is still to the death as between me and him.

Do you understand ?" "Your words are very plain, Caleb, but this is a strange hour to choose to speak them, seeing that, for aught I know, Marcus is already dead, and that within some short time I shall be dead, and that death threatens you and all within this Temple." "Yet we live, Miriam, and I believe that for none of the three of us is the end at hand.

Well, you will not fly, either with me or without me ?" "No, I will not fly." "Then the time is here, and, having no choice, I must do my duty, leaving the rest to fate.

If, perchance, I can rescue you afterwards, I will, but do not hope for such a thing." "Caleb, I neither hope nor fear.