Would that I too could go with you, and share in your glory! Come, now," said she, laying her head upon Amyas's breast, and looking up into his face with one of her most winning smiles, "I have heard of heroic mothers ere now who went forth with their sons to battle, and cheered them on to victory.

Why should I not go with you on a more peaceful errand?
I could nurse the sick, if there were any; I could perhaps have speech of that poor girl, and win her back more easily than you.

She might listen to words from a woman--a woman, too, who has loved--which she could not hear from men.

At least I could mend and wash for you.

I suppose it is as easy to play the good housewife afloat as on shore?
Come, now!" Amyas looked from one to the other.
"God only knows which of the two is less fit to go.