[* "Dost thou love?">[
* "Ke-non-wes, O Loskiel." Her arms tightened around my neck, "Ai-hai! Ae-saya-tyen-endon! Ae-sah-hah-i-yen-en-hon——"
[* "I love thee, O Loskiel... Ah, thou mightest have been destroyed! If thou hadst perished by the wayside——">[
"Hush, dearest—dearest maid. 'Twixt God and Tharon, nothing can harm us now."
And I heard the faint murmur of her lips on mine:
"Etho, ke-non-wes. Nothing can harm us now."
THE END