"It's just like that.

It's a wall to keep off the storms.

It's a safe haven where nothing hurtful can reach you.
You're not bound to give yourself to it, but once given you're safe." "Not bound!" Sharply she broke in upon him.

"Not bound--when you made me promise--" He dropped his arm to his side.

"I set you free from that promise," he said.
Those few words, sombrely spoken, checked her wild outburst as surely as a hand upon her mouth.