The inarticulate objection was instantly overruled by Ueli.  "I know of a place up the mountains," said he, "where he will be as good as buried.  I'll take him there at once."  Still Frantz's head moved objectingly.  Ueli pursued with a certain solemnity, "We must not spill the blood of any of God's creatures, except in a case of absolute necessity, and here there's none such. (Masson)