Vera. Dare not, I charge thee, dare not!

Alph. Not vindicate my honour?

By heaven I will, to all the world, to you:

My honour is my own, and not derived

From this frail body, and this earth you gave me;

But that etherial spark, which heaven inspired,

And kindled in my new-created soul.

You tell me, I have bargained with Ramirez,

To make his ransom cheap.

Vera. To make it nothing,