Also she said that there were many other matters whereof she would wish to speak to him, only she might not.
Finally there came a vivid dream in which she told him that soon he would wake up to the world again for a little while (she seemed to lay emphasis on this "little while") and, if he could not find her in it, that he must not grieve at all, since although their case seemed sad, it was much better than he could conceive.

In his dream she made him promise that he would not grieve, and he did so, wondering.

At this she smiled, looking more beautiful than ever he could have conceived her to be.

Then she spoke these words, always, as it appeared, within him, printing them, as it were, upon his mind: "Now you are about to wake up and I must leave you for a while.

But this I promise you, my most dear, my beloved, my own, that before you fall asleep again for the last time, you shall see me once more, for that is allowed to me.