The Pope himself would doubtless excommunicate us.

It would mean endless sorrow for me, and danger for Hugh.

On these grounds, alone, it cannot be." Then the Bishop drew from his sash a folded sheet of vellum.
"My daughter," he said, "when Hugh came to me with his grievous tale of treachery and loss, he refused to give me the name of the woman he sought, saying only that he believed she was to be found among the White Ladies of Worcester.

When I asked her name he answered: 'Nay, I guard her name, as I would guard mine honour.

If I fail to win her back; if she withhold herself from me, so that I ride away alone; then must I ride away leaving no shadow of reproach on her fair fame.