Will you listen ?" "Quick, quick.

Tell me!" "Of all that he swore, he will observe nothing.

Hush, don't cry out.
Nothing." I feared that she would fall, for she reeled where she stood.

I dared not support her.
"If he asks a strange thing, agree to it.

It's the only way." "What?
What will he ask ?" "He will propose a husband to you." She tore at the lace wrapping about her throat as though it were choking her; her eyes were fixed on mine.