"They have come for me, Osla, and I must go. Farewell! remember me not."
"Do you leave us in this way—without saying farewell, or telling us you were going?"
"I knew not myself when they would come. I told you I must leave you and seek the sea again. It has come true sooner than I expected."
He took her hands.
"Farewell!" he said again.
She turned her face away.
"I feared you would tire of us," she said, her voice sinking very low.
"Never, Osla, never! but fate has been too strong for me. They wait for me now, and I must leave you."
"Farewell, Vandrad!" she said, looking up, and he saw that her eyes were filled with tears.
"Osla!" he cried, drawing her towards him. She yielded an instant, and then suddenly broke free and started away.