But in that matter there was scarcely more of love than of choice.

What I did for you I must have done no less for Zevle [her sister].

If I had feared death as much as the Regent does, I could not have returned alive and alone.

My venture into infinite space involved possibilities of horror more appalling than the mere terrors of death.

You asked of me as my one bridal gift leave to share its perils.