Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 211:9

מי לא תניא הרי שהיה בורח מבית האסורין והיתה מעברא לפניו ואמר ליה טול דינר והעבירני אין לו אלא שכרו

'She', R. Papa replied, 'was merely fooling him';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., '(the trick of) " i="" fooled="" with="" you",="" she="" did="" to="" him'.="" since="" the="" halizah="" is="" valid,="" and="" it="" levir's="" duty="" perform="" it,="" no="" legal="" obligation="" incurred="" by="" promising="" him="" an="" excessive="" sum="" for="" doing="" that="" which="" was="" his="" do.="" ');"="">²²</span> was it not, in fact taught: If a man escaping from prison beheld a ferry boat and said [to the ferryman], 'Take a <i>denar</i> and lead me across',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An excessive fee for crossing a river. ');">²³</span> [the latter] can only claim his ordinary fare.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.K. 116a. ');">²⁴</span>

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