"This is our final farewell.

Do you forgive me, Hugh?
Will you think kindly, if you ever think on me ?" The Knight held the lantern so that its rays illumined both her face and his.
"Mora," he said, "I cannot as yet take thine answer as final.

I will return no more, nor try to speak with thee again.

But five days longer, I shall wait.

I shall have plans made with the utmost care, to bear thee, in safety and unseen, from the Cathedral.