She shuddered at the loathsome touch, but her quietude never forsook her for a moment.
"You are a consummate scoundrel, Torres," quietly said Joam, whose coolness never forsook him.
"Behold me, princess, ready to serve you, even though you forsook me." He touched the skein with his wand, and it untangled itself, and wound itself up in perfect order.
When Avenant reached the Palace of the Princess Goldenhair, and saw the Princess seated upon her throne, she looked so lovely that at first all his fine speeches forsook him, and he could not utter a word; however, taking courage, he addressed her in exquisitely chosen language, begging her to become the King's bride.