I will not leave thee; whom have I beside thee, for whom else wouldst thou call on me to live?
Alone, alone, utterly alone, save _thee_! Wilt thou bid me hence, and leave thee to meet thy fate alone--thee, to whom my mother gave me--thee, without whom my very life is naught?
Nigel, oh, despise me not for these wild words, unmaidenly as they sound; oh, let me speak them, or my heart will break!" "Despise thee for these blessed words!" Nigel answered, passionately, as he raised her from the ground, and clasped her to his heart.

"Oh, thou knowest not the bliss they give; yet, yet would I speak of parting, implore thee still to leave me, aye, though in that parting my very heart-strings snap.

Agnes, how may I bear to see thee in the power of the foe, perchance insulted, persecuted, tortured with the ribald admiration of the rude crowd, and feel I have no power to save thee, no claim to bind thee to my side.

What are the mere chains of love in such an hour, abiding by me, as thou mightst, till our last hope is over, and English colors wave above this fortress--then, dearest, oh, must we not, shall we not be rudely parted ?" "No, no! Who shall dare to part us ?" she said, as she clung sobbing to his breast.

"Who shall dare to do this thing, and say I may not tend thee, follow thee, even until death ?" "Who?
our captors, dearest.