But his arms had already reached down to seize her. And, for the first time, she responded fully to his embrace.
"I—I—I didn't know how much I cared, Mort," she sobbed, "until I thought—I thought they were going to kill you!"
"Well, after all, decapitation has some merits," he smiled back. "Come to think of it, Jude, it doesn't matter much to me what century I'm in, so long as I'm there with you."