For better or for worse, I will always keep my plighted word, even if the greatest misery and ruin were the result!" John Heywood ventured to offer no further opposition.

There was at this moment something peculiarly lofty, proud, and truly royal in her air, which impressed him with awe, and before which he bowed.
"I have granted him an interview because he wished it," said Elizabeth; "and, John, I will confess it to you, my own heart longed for it.

Seek not, then, to shake my resolution; it is as firm as a rock.

But if you are not willing to stand by me, say so, and I will then look about me for another friend, who loves me enough to impose silence on his thoughts." "But who, perhaps, will go and betray you.

No, no, it has been once resolved upon, and unalterably; so no one but I must be your confidant.
Tell me, then, what I am to do, and I will obey you." "You know, John, that my apartments are situated in yonder wing, overlooking the garden.