And now, dearest, let me go.

This last kiss on your eyes--do not open them until I have left you; for your eyes exert a magic power, and if they are gazing at me I shall not have courage to go.
Farewell, my beloved star, farewell, and when you rise for me once more, may it be for the radiant hour of a reunion, unshadowed by fresh pangs of parting." He pressed a last lingering kiss upon her eyes.

She submitted and sat quietly with closed lids and clasped hands until the door had closed behind him and the sound of his steps died away in the anteroom.
Then she slipped from the divan upon her knees, and, raising her hands to heaven, cried: "I thank Thee, oh God, I thank Thee.

He is not one of the conspirators; he has no share in these plans; for he is not coming to the entertainment to-morrow, and therefore does not belong to those who have their secret appointment with me.

Oh, God be praised for it, and may He guard and protect him in all his enterprises! I do not wish to know them; I will not investigate them.