Ah, Henry, I hate my name, for it is pronounced by other lips than yours.

For you I will not be named as other men call me.
Baptize me, my Henry; give me another name--a name which is our secret, and which no one knows besides us." "I name you Geraldine; and as Geraldine I will praise and laud you before all the world.

I will, in spite of all these spies and listeners, repeat again and again that I love you, and no one, not the king himself, shall be able to forbid me." "Hush!" said she, with a shudder, "speak not of him! Oh, I conjure you, my Henry, be cautious; think that you have sworn to me ever to think of the danger that threatens us, and will, without doubt, dash us in pieces if you, by only a sound, a look, or a smile, betray the sweet secret that unites us two.

Are you still aware what you have sworn to me ?" "I am aware of it! But it is an unnatural Draconian law.

What! even when I am alone with you, shall I never be allowed to address you otherwise than with that reverence and restrain which is due the queen?
Even when no one can hear us, may I, by no syllable, by none, not the slightest intimation, remind you of our love ?" "No, no, do it not; for this castle has everywhere eyes and ears, and everywhere are spies and listeners behind the tapestry; behind the curtains; everywhere are they concealed and lurking, watching every feature, every smile, every word, whether it may not afford ground for suspicion.