Then he spoke again.
"Miriam, so be it.

I will still save you.

Go, and marry Marcus, if you can, only, if I live, I will kill him if I can, but that you need scarcely fear, for I do not think that I shall live." She shook her head.

"I will not go, who am weary of flights and hidings.
Let God deal with me and Marcus and you as He pleases.

Yet I thank you, and am sorry for the unkind words I spoke.