Few have ever come alive from their clutches before, and he who does so is a wizard indeed.

For the rest I think that your God is stronger than our gods, for surely He must have cast His mantle over us when we lay yonder on the stone.

Ah! Teule, to what have you brought me that I should live to doubt my gods, ay, and to call upon the foes of my country for succour in your need.

Believe me, I had not done it for my own sake, since I would have died with your kiss upon my lips and your word of love echoing in my ears, who now must live knowing that these joys have passed from me.' 'How so ?' I answered.

'What I have said, I have said.