Had I known, I should never have refused the lesson so courteously offered.
But I was a stranger in the castle, and I thought--I feared I' 'You did even as prudence required, cousin Dorothy.

A young maiden cannot be too chary of unbuckling her enchanted armour so long as the country is unknown to her.

But it would be hard if she were to suffer for her modesty.

You shall be welcome to my cave.

I trust you will not find it as the cave of Trophonius to you.