Is your heart mine ?" "It is," she sighed, "and has been ever since my eyes fell upon you yonder in the streets of Tanis.

Oh! then a change came into me and I hated Laban, whom before I had only misliked.

Moreover, I too felt that of which Ki spoke, as though I had known you for thousands of years.

My heart is yours, my love is yours; all that makes me woman is yours, and never, never can turn from you to any other man.

But still we must stay apart, for your sake, my Prince, for your sake." "Then, were it not for me, you would be ready to run these hazards ?" "Surely! Am I not a woman who loves ?" "If that be so," he said with a little laugh, "being of full age and of an understanding which some have thought good, by your leave I think I will run them also.