” “I love you with all my heart from the first day I saw you. Gerald reached out a hand to stop her. " "Then I must wait a long time," grumbled Blueskin. She shuddered; the room was unfamiliar and unwelcoming. "'You've a long journey before you. . Her mind invoked her husband, who she imagined lying dead in a ditch somewhere, tortured and killed by brigands or perhaps eaten by creatures like herself, a fate he actually deserved. You know that I am practically destitute, without means or any certain knowledge of where my next meal is coming from. But I'll not believe it of you.