But now she laughed at him, saying that all her heart was his, and that she had none to give to d'Aguilar or any other man.

Moreover, that England was a free land in which women, who were no king's wards, could not be led whither they did not wish to go.

So it seemed that they had naught to fear, save the daily chance of life and death.

And yet they were afraid.
"Dear love," said Margaret to him after she had thought a while, "our road looks straight and easy, and yet there may be pitfalls in it that we cannot guess.

Therefore you must swear one thing to me: That whatever you shall hear or whatever may happen, you will never doubt me as I shall never doubt you.