I had it anyway." He was radiant, he was as fresh as the wind.

Never in his life had he looked so gay, so handsome, so kind.

His blue eyes were brimming with light.

The mere fact of being alive appeared to fill him with ecstasy.
And she loved him for his gaiety, for his lightness, for the ease with which he took for granted her unchangeable love.

She longed with all her soul and body to prove this love by a surrender more complete than any she had made in the past.