29/39 I promised to come, and I kept my word. And Jonathan came with me--I brought him. That night I told your wife and your sister that I should come to Toroczko once more, and not with empty hands, but should bring them something. I have come, and I bring them--you, Manasseh, alive and unharmed. That is how a Wallachian girl remembers a kindness." She turned to go, but then, as if remembering something, came back and drew a ring from her finger. |