She turned sharply upon Joan, all her body quivering with excitement.
"No, nor yet is it your way of love, my Lady Joan!"
"I shall never be so tried, like Margaret," answered Joan, willing to change her mood. "I shall never love any man with the love of wife!"
"God forbid," said Theresa, looking at her, "that such a woman as you should die without living!"
CHAPTER XLIX
THE WOOING OF BORIS AND JORIAN
"Jorian," said Boris, adjusting his soft underjerkin before putting on his body armour, "thou art the greatest fool in the world!"
"Hold hard, Boris," answered Jorian. "Honour to whom honour—thou art greater by at least a foot than I!"
"Well," said the long man, "let us not quarrel about the breadth of a finger-nail. At any rate, we two are the greatest fools in the world."