Susanna Aurifaber:  This is not the Holy Church 's child ! He belongs with me and Iestyn ... no other shall ever cradle him !
Brother Cadfael: He is * not * wholly yours . He is his own , your may - be child Why should he pay the price of your sins ? It was not he who trampled Baldwin Peche into the mud of the Severn !
Susanna Aurifaber: We _ three _ here together are made one ! The only trinity I acknowledge now !
Brother Cadfael: There is a fourth ... she also loves ! Why destroy another pair of lives as little blessed as yourselves ?
Susanna Aurifaber: If I must pull the roof down on myself , I will not go alone into the dark !