and in a flash of awareness, she thought, It was this I wanted, after all; after all these years it is certain that I am barren, I will bear no child, but I will have had this at least . I would he were here, that we might go indoors. If you could find the way, he said. But it is large enough for you and for My Lady, and -she smiled and looked pointedly at the bed- and for me, I dare say.
I ask no more. He whispered, I swear, and the meaning of the oath seemed to ripple the air around them both. Combs and veils and shifts I will give you gladly, and shoes as well-those look as if you had walked in them from here to Lot And now, when I have learned to love it and long for it, I am renouncing it in the name of my love.
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