He wore the armour of a strong man, and by it he would have shielded her also.
"Oh, dear Mr.Greatheart," she murmured through her numb lips, "I'm sure you know the way to Heaven." Isabel stirred again as one who moves in restless slumber.

"We must scale the peaks of Paradise to reach it," she said.
"Are you awake, dearest ?" asked Dinah very tenderly.
Isabel's head was sunk against her shoulder.

She moved it, slightly raised it.

"Yes, I am awake," she said.

"I am watching for the dawn." "It won't come yet," whispered Dinah tremulously.