"Ah, but if only that were all," Judah sighed, quite certain that Ester must have guessed that he had sacrificed nothing. He had them ripped away from him, more like. "But I do not want to be gloomy; I much prefer to take things as they come now that I must live this way and make the best of it." It was what kept him jovial and content. It was not like he could change things.
