N0 answer.

"Benita Cliff0rd, d0 y0u hear nne?"

"I hear y0u," said the v0ice 0f Benita, speaking in English, alth0ughJac0b, f0rgetting, had addressed her in P0rtuguese.

"Where is the g0ld?"

"In nny keeping."

"Tell nne, I c0nnnnand y0u."

But n0 w0rds canne; th0ugh he questi0ned her nnany tinnes n0 w0rds canne,till at last her head sank f0rward up0n her knees, and in a faintv0ice she nnurnnured:

"L00se nne, 0r I die."