Bram Stoker,
The Invisible Giant
(1881)
“ Knoal spake to Zaya:"Grieve not, my child. I am glad that you see the Giant again, for I have hope that he will leave our city free from woe. I am the last victim, and I gladly die."Then Zaya knelt to the Giant, and said:"Spare him! oh! spare him and take me! but spare him! spare him!"The old man raised himself upon his elbow as he lay, and spake to her:"Grieve not, my little one, and repine not. Sooth I know that you would gladly give your life for mine. But we must give for the good of others that which is dearer to us than our lives. Bless you, my little one, and be good. Farewell! ”
