Unless she could do so she would not be true and loyal to him with that troth and loyalty which he required.

Poor Nina! It was the dearest wish of her heart to be true and loyal to him in all things; but it might be possible to put too hard a strain even upon such love as hers.

"Nina," the Jew said, "I fear your father.

I think that he is deceiving us." "No, Anton, no! he is not deceiving you.

My aunt and uncle and Ziska are deceiving you." "They are trying to deceive me, no doubt; but as far as I can judge from their own words and looks, they do believe that at this moment the document which I want is in your father's house.