But if you tell anyone about this then we will be freed from the promise you made us swear.”
A gossip goes around telling secrets, but trustworthy people keep confidences.
If anyone leaves your house and is killed, that's their fault—we're not responsible for their death. But if anyone lays a hand on someone who is inside your house, we take full responsibility for their death.
“I agree—may it be as you say,” she replied. She sent them off, and hung a scarlet cord in the window.