"What passed between us earlier was very real, my lord," she answered.

"Go back to sleep, my lord," his wife answered him.

"First, because that is what you came here to do, Lord," she answered quietly.

I marvel that you should ask me, lord,' he answered.

"The Lord," answered the youth, and he pointed behind him toward the desert.

Now as always, the Lord answered only with silence.

The Lord doesn't answer, lovers don't stay, drugs and thrills wear off.

"Not so well as Nve might be, my lord," he answered.

"Lord, we go to our own place," answered one at last, evasively.

The Lord has answered our prayers and brought you home safely.