. . . [Notice that "with reluctance" modifies "admit," not "had several . . . ."] (15c) I admit gladly and with the greatest pleasure that I had . . . . (15d) Because I am concerned to tell the whole truth, I admit that I . . . . (15e) Mindful that there is a just and mighty God in Heaven who punishes those who withhold information in courts of law, and in mortal fear of the worm that dieth not and the fire that is not quenched, I admit . . . . According to the tempting view, the only locutionary content in (15ae) is that of their common complement clause ("I had several private conversations with the defendant"). But that claim grows less plausible as we work our way down the list. (15d)'s performative preface contains an entire clause that the speaker asserts, though in passing, as fact. (15e)'s contains several somewhat controversial assertions; if I were to utter (15e) seriously, you certainly could
payback for having faced death head-on during the crisis. T h e idea of a hero Seizing the Sword comes from memories of stories in which heroes battle dragons and take their treasure. Among the treasures there may be a magic sword, perhaps the sword of the hero's father, broken or stolen by the dragon in previous batdes. T h e image of the sword, as portrayed in the Tarot deck's suit of swords, is a symbol of the hero's will, forged in fire and quenched in blood, broken and remade, hammered and folded, hardened, sharpened, and focused to a point like the light-sabers of Star Wars. 178 REWARD But a sword is only one of many images for what is being seized by the hero at this step. Campbell's term for it is " T h e U l t i m a t e Boon." Another concept is
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