‘By my troth, no. How my back aches, sitting thus upright.’

‘Is that better?’

‘Ye—yes. Brion, will you always love me?’

‘O, Joan, till I die!’

‘Yet you know not what you love.’

‘I am content. I will not ask, since you put a seal upon my lips. Shall we meet here every day?’

‘Not for worlds! Well, you must keep it a secret.’

‘Marry, will I! How do you come?’

‘The way you came; or, when I ride Gritty, over the hill. We are much in company, sweet dear, and much alone together.’

‘You found this bower by chance?’