And, now that I'm about to leave it, I realize how I've hated this life all these years.

I'll never stop thanking you for waking me up to it, Caroline." They reached the floor of the lower hall, and a strange thought came to Ruth.

She had hurried home to execute the bidding of John Mark.

She had left it, obeying the bidding of Ronicky Doone.
They scurried to the front door.

As they opened it the sharp gust of night air blew in on them, and they heard the sound of a man running up the steps.