Soon I learned that there was little of tenderness in this tryst, at least on the part of the gallant, who drew continually backwards toward me as though he would seek the boat by which doubtless he had come, and I marvelled at this, for the moonlight shone upon the woman's face, and even at that distance I could see that it was very fair.

The man's face I could not see however, since his back was towards me for the most part, moreover he wore a large sombrero that shaded it.

Now they came nearer to me, the man always drawing backward and the woman always following, till at length they were within earshot.

The woman was pleading with the man.
'Surely you will not desert me,' she said, 'after marrying me and all that you have sworn; you will not have the heart to desert me.

I abandoned everything for you.