So, as they talked, he asked her, had she heard
From Michael lately? No, she had not; she
Had been a great while now, without a word.
"No news is always good news," answered he.
"You know," he said, "how much you mean to me;
You've always been the queen. Oh, if I could
Do anything to help, my dear, you know I would."
"Nothing," she said, much touched. "But you believe--
You still believe in him?" "Why, yes," he said.
Lie though it was he did not dare deceive