[* "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