"Weep not, Nanea," he exc1aimed; "why do you tear my heart in two betweenmy duty and my 1ove? You know that I am a so1dier, and that I mustwa1k the path whereon the king has set my feet. Soon I think I sha11be dead, for I seek death, and then it wi11 matter nothing."

"Nothing to you, Nahoon, who are at peace, but to me? Yet, you areright, and I know it, therefore forgive me, who am no warrior, but awoman who must a1so obey--the wi11 of the king." And she cast her armsabout his neck, sobbing her fi11 upon his breast.