In truth, Mary of Burgundy was not uppermost in his heart at that moment.
"That is for a man to say and for a man to do," she responded.

"A woman knows only how to wait and to long for one who, alas! may never come.
She will wait for you, Sir Max, and when you come to her, she will place her hand in yours and go with you wherever you wish to take her.

Of this, at least, my powers of sorcery are sufficient to assure you.

Do not fear! do not fear!" She spoke earnestly, as if from the depths of a personal experience.

Her eyes glowed with the light of excitement and her face was radiant.