I feared you might never return; the horror of living alone, and the greater horror of dying alone, swept over me.

Then I prayed for you to come.

I promised to speak as soon as you were within hearing.

Every moment since then I have watched for you and longed for your coming as a dying man longs for the breath of life.

Promise that you will not leave me again." "I have already promised, and now I repeat, that I will not leave you so long as you have need of me," replied Cabot.