"There was no need to name either of those so dearly loved, so lately--and, alas! so differently--lost.

Trusting the loyalty of my love so absolutely in all else, can you not trust it to accept willingly the enforcement of your will ...

as you have enforced it on all others you have ruled, from the soldiers of your own world to the rest of your household?
Ah! the light breaks through the mist.

Before you gave Enva her charge you said to me in her presence, 'Forgive me what you force upon me;' as if I, above all, were not your own to deal with as you will.

Dearest, do you so wrong her who loves you, and is honoured by your love, as to fancy that any exertion of your authority could make her feel humbled in your eyes or her own ?" It was impossible to answer.