“I am very weary. I must break my fast.” He glanced coldly at Brilliana.
“Lady, we shall not need your attendance.”
Brilliana made her master a deep reverence.
“I take my leave, your Majesty.” She went close to Evander.
“Can you forgive me?” she begged. Evander looked into her wet eyes joyously.
“Read in my heart that I thank God to have known you, loved you.”
Brilliana laid a hand for a moment on his shoulder and spoke in a soft, even voice.
“You have been my enemy; you have been my friend; you are now the one man in all the world for me. Read in my heart that I thank God to have known you, that I thank God that I love you. Remember, I love you, Evander. Farewell.”
Then she saluted the King and went slowly out of the room without looking back.