Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte

He did not ask by whom, for with his quick eye he perceived that I
held it in my hand.

"Do not betray her," he said, looking at me as if I were indeed a
dragon.

"Were I ever so disposed to treachery, I cannot betray what I do not
know," was my answer. "Read the note, and you will see how little it
reveals."