So be it.

If I must flee from this city to another, holier men have done the like ere now.

I would mine errand had been completed.

I would I had accomplished my task.

But--" The priest's voice had been growing fainter for some moments.
Cuthbert supposed it to be a natural caution on his part, lest even Jacob should hear him as he plied his oars; but as he came to this sudden stop, he felt that the slight frame collapsed in some way, and leaned heavily against him as he sat.