But till he stands at thy side and claims thee as his own, I will not give thee up.

I can bide my time--I can wait and watch." She looked at him with suddenly dilating eyes, as though a qualm of fear had smitten her.
"But, Jacob, if he were to come hither when I be gone, thou wouldst not hinder him from finding me; thou wouldst not do him any ill turn that we might be kept apart?
That would not be fair; it would be an ill thing.

It would be--" She stopped suddenly short, for Jacob had risen, and seemed to stand towering above her, with something majestic in his air that she had certainly never observed there before.
"Cherry! for what dost thou take me ?" he asked, his voice quivering with an emotion that showed him to be deeply moved.

"Hast thou so vile an opinion of the man thou mayest some day call thy husband, the man who bears the name of thy dead mother, that thou canst think such evil thoughts of him?
No, Cherry, I will not hinder him from finding thee.

I will in no wise stand between you.