'I do.'
'Then, if Varro cannot help Saronia, he will not pursue her.'
CHAPTER XLIII
MYSTERY
Chios sent for Endora. There was a calm light in her eyes such as he had never before seen. Ere he could speak, she said:
'I know: it is of Saronia thou wouldst speak.'
'True, woman. Dost thou know she is charged with the murder of the High Priest?'
'I know all. Fear not, Chios. Saronia shall not suffer for the crime I have committed.'
'Rash woman! how canst thou atone? She is a prisoner, and has abjured her faith.'
'That may be, noble Chios; but take my word for once: the guilty shall suffer for their own sins. This vile body of mine shall be torn limb from limb rather than one hair of her head shall be plucked. No more of evil for me!'