But it was for him." "I would take your hand anywhere, because you saved his life," said Aurora, and her voice shook a little as she said the last words.

"And besides, no one has told me that you are wicked.

Come, what is the use of hating each other ?" Regina took her hand reluctantly, but not suspiciously, and held it a moment.
"It does not mean that I shall not hate you if he ever loves you again," she said.

"If I made you think that it would be treachery, and that is the worst sin." "It only means that I thank you now, quite honestly," Aurora answered, and their hands parted.
"Very well." Regina seemed satisfied.

"And I thank you for taking my hand," she added, with something oddly like real gratitude, "and because you said you would do it anywhere, even before other women.