Reply in example sentence
I replied to her distractedly and hastily, in fear lest I should not have time to reply, 'May thy words be verified by thy deeds, lady; and if thou hast a dagger to save thy honour, I have a sword to defend thee or kill myself if fortune be against us.'"I think she could not have heard all these words, for I perceived that they called her away in haste, as the bridegroom was waiting.