Therefore I am glad that it is settled.

There may be things which would frighten her to hear, and yet to conceal them from her might be worse than to tell her if once she suspected that there was any concealment.

Henceforth our work is to be a sealed book to her, till at least such time as we can tell her that all is finished, and the earth free from a monster of the nether world.

I daresay it will be difficult to begin to keep silence after such confidence as ours, but I must be resolute, and tomorrow I shall keep dark over tonight's doings, and shall refuse to speak of anything that has happened.

I rest on the sofa, so as not to disturb her.
1 October, later .-- I suppose it was natural that we should have all overslept ourselves, for the day was a busy one, and the night had no rest at all.