Had God spared her to me, she would have been my wife.

Oh, Mary, Mary! my own cherished one! May thy spirit hover round me now, as in life thou wert my guardian angel! Inez, I, too, have suffered, and severely.

I have little to anticipate in life, yet I am not desponding as you; my faith in God and his unchanging goodness is unshaken.

Let us both so live that we may join my Mary in glory." Inez answered not, but passed her hand wearily across her brow.
"Inez, which will you do?
retain your disguise, and go with me, or return to your old home?
I am not going to Austin, but to Goliad, to join the Texans there; will you accompany me, and claim the protection of our banner?
All that a brother could, I will gladly do; with me you are safe, at least for a time; and when the storm of war has passed, I doubt not your home will again be happy." "I know you, Dr.Bryant, and I know that you are true to God, and keep his law.

I will go with you to Goliad, and there we will decide what I must do.