Still, she longed to free herself from a desire to see what his further career would be, which came over her again and again with overwhelming and terrible power.

For that reason, and for that only, she longed to go far, far away, and she was hardly satisfied by the leech's assurance that her new protector would be able to keep away all visitors whom she might not wish to receive.

And he himself, he added, would make it his business to stand between her and all intruders the moment she sent for him.
They did not part till the sun was rising above the eastern hills; as they separated Paula said: "So this morning a new life begins for me, which I can well imagine will, by your help, be pleasanter than that which is past." And Philippus replied with happy emotion: "The new life for me began yesterday.".