My swoon could not have lasted long, for the hues of the sunset lingered yet in the sky.

I tried to gather myself together, but the maiden gently restrained me.

"No, Humphrey," said she, "lie still.

There is no more work to be done.

Thank God you are safe, as we are." 'Twas sorely tempting to lie thus, so sweetly tended; but the sight of Ludar shamed me into energy.