'
He said: 'In all this there is but one thing for me to say, and that
is that I love thee; and surely none the less, but rather the more,
because thou lovest me, and art of my kind, and mayest share in my
deeds and think well of them. Now is my heart full of joy, and one
thing only weigheth on it; and that is that my kinswoman the Bride
begrudgeth our love together. For this is the thing that of all
things most misliketh me, that any should bear a grudge against me.'
She said: 'Forget not the token, and my message to her.'
'I will not forget it,' said he. 'And now I bid thee to kiss me even
before all these that are looking on; for there is nought to belittle
us therein, since we be troth-plight.'
And indeed those folk stood all round about them gazing on them, but
a little aloof, that they might not hear their words if they were
minded to talk privily. For they had long loved the Sun-beam, and
now the love of Face-of-god had begun to spring up in their hearts.
So the twain embraced and kissed one another, and made no haste
thereover; and those men deemed that but meet and right, and clashed
their weapons on their shields in token of their joy.
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