[She lays her hand on his arm. He draws back.]

NAAMAN:

O touch me not! Thou shall not share my doom.

RUAHMAH:

Entreat me not to go. I will obey

In all but this; but rob me not of this,--

The only boon that makes life worth the living,--

To walk beside thee day by day, and keep

Thy foot from stumbling; to prepare thy food

When thou art hungry, music for thy rest,