I am alone in the world, save you.

I am sure that my father, if he now sees us, must approve.
Therefore, Philip, henceforth I am your affianced wife, and am ready to follow you to the end of the world." Philip stooped down, and kissed her gently.

Then he dropped her hands, and she stood back a little apart from him.
"It were best that I called Pierre in," he said.

"Even in this lonely quarter some one might pass and, seeing him standing at the door, wonder who he might be." So saying, he opened the door and called Pierre in.
"Pierre," he said gravely, "Mademoiselle de Valecourt is now my affianced wife." "That is as it should be, master," Pierre said; and then, stepping up to Claire, who held out her hand to him, he reverently pressed it with his lips.
"Mademoiselle," he said, "my life will henceforth be at your disposal, as at that of my master.

We may have dangers to face, but if anyone can get you through them, he can." "Thank you, Pierre," the girl said.