from Hind's Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard

It was then that Much-Afraid took courage to ask him something which she had never dared ask before. With her hand held in his she said, "My Lord, may I ask one thing? Is the time at last coming when you will fulfill the promise that you gave me?" He said very gently, yet with great joy, "Yes--the time is not long now. Dare to begin to be happy. If you will go forward in the way before you, you will soon receive the promise, and I will give you your heart's desire."