For there is nothing that a true-hearted loving woman will not give and do for him she loves and believes and trusts; and though she will give the greatest thing last of all, she will give it in the end, if it can save him from infamy and destruction.

For it is the woman's glory to give, as it is the man's to use strength in the hour of battle and gentleness in the day of peace, and to follow honour always.
"Forget it all," answered Don John presently.

"Forget it, dear, and forgive me for it all." "I can forget it, because it was only a dream," she said, "and I have nothing to forgive.

Listen to me.

If it were true--even if I believed that we had not been dreaming, you and I, could I have anything to forgive you?
What ?" "The mere thought that I could betray a trust, turn against my sovereign and ruin my country," he answered bravely, and a blush of honest shame rose in his boyish cheeks.
"It was for me," said Dolores.
That should explain all, her heart said.