5/5 But I must not tarry, lest danger be in my rear: therefore, farewell, sweet Matilda; and farewell, noble baron; and farewell, sweet Matilda again, the alpha and omega of father Michael, the first and the last." "Farewell, father," said the baron, a little softened; "and God send you be never assailed by more than fifty men at a time." "Amen," said the friar, "to that good wish." "And we shall meet again, father, I trust," said Matilda. |