At that mute appeal Ruth Tolliver surrendered.
"It's enough," she said.

"I think there would be no place for me after all.

What could I do in the world except what you've taught me to do?
No, let Caroline go freely, and I give my--" "Stop!" He checked her with his raised hand, and his eyes blazed and glittered in the dead whiteness of his face.

"Don't give me your word, my dear.

I don't want that chain to bind you.