THE WOMAN
I thought I could stand it, dear, I thought I could stand it. It wasn't
myself--I swear to you it wasn't--nor _him_. I, I can stand all _that_,
now. It was something else, something that came over me all at once. I
saw--Oh Paul! the thing I saw! But it's all right _now_....
THE VOICE
It is all right, Elizabeth, because ours is love, love that is made of
light, and not merely blind desire.
THE WOMAN
Ours is love. We _are_ love!
THE VOICE
So that even if we are separated--even if you cannot come to me yet, we
shall not lose conviction nor joy.
THE WOMAN
Yes, Paul. I will not make it harder for you. I know it is hard, and that
it was for my sake you could bring yourself to bind me not to see you
again.
THE VOICE
Love _is_, world without end. That is all we need to know.
THE WOMAN
World without end, amen.
THE VOICE
And because I knew the power and truth of love in you I put this
separation upon us.
THE WOMAN
For my sake. I know it now, Paul! And trust me! You _can_ trust me, Paul!
Not time, nor distance, nor trouble nor change shall move me from the
heights of love where I dwell.
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