Yet I have given myself to none, and this has been my fortune: that none have sought to constrain me to marriage.

Now I have my reward, for he whom I lost is found again, and to him alone I give my love.

Yet, Umslopogaas, beware! Little luck has come to those who have loved me in the past; no, not even to those who have but sought to look on me." "I will bear the risk, Nada," the Slaughterer answered, and gathering her to his great breast he kissed her.
Presently she slipped from his arms and bade him begone, for she was weary and would rest.
So he went..