"I don't know, my Lady; I can scarcely hope so. But with all my heart, I wish it was so."
"It is so, little one."
The pretty face is checked in its flush of pleasure by the dark expression on the handsome face before it. It looks timidly for an explanation.
"And if I were to say to-day, 'Go! Leave me!' I should say what would give me great pain and disquiet, child, and what would leave me very solitary."
"My Lady! Have I offended you?"

"I don't know, my Lady. I hope and wish it was so."
"It is so, little one."
The pretty face is checked in its flush of pleasure by the dark expression on the handsome face before it. It looks timidly for an explanation.
"And if I were to say today, 'Go! Leave me!' it would give me great pain, child, and leave me very solitary."
"My Lady! Have I offended you?"
