At midnight, or thereabouts, Madam woke me up.
'Child,' she said, 'I cannot sleep. Tell me truly: is there nothing that thou wouldest refuse for Robin's sake?'
'Nothing, verily! Ah, Madam, can you doubt it?'
'Even if it were a sacrifice of which he would not approve?'
'Believe me, Madam, there is nothing that I would not do for Robin's safety.'
'Child, if we were living in the days of persecution wouldest thou hear the Mass and adopt the Catholic religion to save thy lover's life?'
'Oh, Madam, the Lord will never try us above our strength!'
'Sleep, my child, sleep; and pray that, as thy temptation, so may be thy strength!'