"Leave me, for Heaven's sake, tempt me not. A week to consider."
"No, no!"
"One day then at least, to consider this whole plan of yours. If I am to turn aside from God and all the saints, let me at least finish weeping in their presence; let me tell them why it is I love you more than Heaven."
("Ah, you too know that? And yet you did not learn it from me!")
"Let me go back for a day—just for one day—I must take leave of the memory of my mother, must beg her gentle picture for forgiveness, must collect my few relics, set free my poor little dove, and once more kiss the hand that has so often abased me, but that I still bless. I cannot go with you until I have kissed my father's hand for the last time."
"Very well, it shall be so; but promise me that you will come again to-morrow."
"By my eternal happiness, I will come."
"And follow me out into the world?"
"God pardon me for what I am doing!"
"And so I let you go. God be with you."