May I die unconfessed if I've eaten anything since yesterday!...

And if Sir Gilbert dies unconfessed, the truth dies with him.

To the pang of the thought that he had died unconfessed succeeded the question, more painful still-

I warned him, but he died unconfessed.

"No," said Conrade, "I will rather die unconfessed than mock the sacrament."

But shame, and the fear of seeming fearful, drove me to jest with the others-suchrisks of dying unconfessed are run by sinful men!