Raphael lifted her up, and she tried to proceed, but sank down again....

What was to be done?
'I expected this,' said the Prefect, in a slow stately voice.

'Hear me, sir! Jew, Christian, or philosopher, God seems to have bestowed on you a heart which I can trust.

To your care I commit this girl--your property, like me, by right of war.

Mount her upon this mule.