19/25 But of late neither bribes nor entreaties have availed to gain me entrance. How has it been with you, my friend ?" "Oh, I am weary of my life--weary of everything. I would they would end it all as soon as may be; death is better than this death in life. I am sick for the sight of the sun, for a breath of heaven's pure air, for the sight of my Freda's face. Tell me, was it all a dream, or did she indeed come to me ?" "She came, and she would have come again, but they made your captivity closer at that time. |