For a whole day we galloped, till we were faint and ready to drop.

Then, as we came to a wood, which I guessed to be the place where my mistress and I were to be parted, our leader suddenly reined in and turned to give an order to the man who held me.

As he did so, four men sprang out from among the trees and a horrible fight ensued.

In the midst of it, one of the new-comers advanced to me and said, 'You are safe!' and I knew it to be no other than the soldier Gedge himself." "And he who came to my side," put in the maiden, smiling amid her heaviness, "said: 'Let Diana shake off her clouds.

Apollo himself hath come to lead her out into the Empyrean.'" "God reward them both for this!" said I.
"Amen," said Jeannette.