XXVIII
LOVER AND LOVER
Evander turned to Brilliana with question in his eyes; Brilliana advanced towards Evander with question on her lips.
“Are you very sure you love me?” she queried. Evander made to take her in his arms, but she stayed him with a lifted hand of warning.
“Sure,” he answered, fervently, and surety shone in his eyes.
Brilliana leaned against the table at which the King had sat and faced him gravely.
“More than life, more than all things in the wide world?”
Evander’s answer came as flash to flint.