Thy path is secured; all that can assist, can accelerate thy flight waits but thy approval.
The dress of a minstrel boy is procured, and will completely conceal and guard thee through the English camp.

Our faithful friend, the minstrel seer, will be thy guide, and lead thee to a home of peace and safety, until my brother's happier fortune dawns; he will guard and love thee for thine own and for my sake.

Speak to me, beloved; thou knowest this good old man, and I so trust him that I have no fear for thee.

Oh, do not pause, and ere this truce be over let me, let me feel that thou art safe and free, and may in time be happy." "In time," she repeated slowly, as if to herself, and then, rousing herself from that stupor of emotion, looked up with a countenance on which a sudden glow had spread.

"And why hast thou so suddenly resolved on this ?" she asked, calmly; "why shouldst thou fear for me more now than hitherto, dearest Nigel?
Hath not the danger always been the same, and yet thou ne'er hast breathed of parting?
are not thy hopes the same--what hath chanced unknown to me, that thou speakest and lookest thus?
tell me, ere thou urgest more." "I will tell thee what I fear, my love," he answered, reassured by her firmness; "much that is seen not, guessed not by my comrades.