As usual, the note occupied less than a page and included neither salutation nor closing, Uncle Hal's opinion being that since the letter had a direction upon it, the intended recipient was obvious, the seal indicated plainly who had written it, and he did not waste his time in writing to fools.

If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for tempting ye to it.

Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases

......what I was born does not matter, only what I will make of myself, only what I will become.

Your face is my heart Sassenach, and the love of you is my soul

I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.

Only you," he said, so softly I could barely hear him. "To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service of my hands. To give ye my name, and all my heart and soul with it. Only you. Because ye will not let me lie--and yet ye love me.