"What am I to do?" asked Hawbury, clasping her close, as though he was afraid that he would lose her again.
"Escape."
"Well, come! I'll leap with you from the window."
"You can't. The house and all around swarms with brigands. They watch us all closely."
"I'll fight my way through them."
"Then you'll be killed, and I'll die."
"Well, I'll do whatever you say."
"Listen, then. You must escape alone."
"What! and leave you? Never!"
"I'm safe. I'm disguised, and a priest is with me as my protector."