Tell me nothing! Leave the past alone! Only give me your present and your future.
I shall be quite content." He paused.

She was shivering within his encircling arm.

He could hear her breath coming and going very quickly.
"You love me, darling," he said.

"And is it necessary for me to tell you that I worship you as no one ever has worshipped you before ?" He paused again.

But Mab did not speak.