They can't mean to starve me to death. A new-born fear passed through his mind that this might, perhaps, be one of those "pretty ways" of making a prisoner speak, which had been attributed to Boris.
He had not been given any food in days.
mnli hypothesis: He had not been given any food in days. premise: They can't mean to starve me to death. A new-born fear passed through his mind that this might, perhaps, be one of those "pretty ways" of making a prisoner speak, which had been attributed to Boris.