"If I could trust you, as I have read that the maidens of old trusted their knights.

But--it seems impossible.

In those days, centuries and centuries ago, I guess, womanhood was next to--God.

Men fought for it, and died for it, to keep it pure and holy.

If you had come to me then you would have levelled your lance and fought for me without asking a question, without demanding a reward, without reasoning whether I was right or wrong--and all because I was a woman.