"If you saw a blind man walking over a precipice, would you say you hadn't the right to stop him ?" "I am not blind!" she flung back at him.

"And I refuse to be stopped by you--or anyone!" Max raised his red brows.

"You amaze me," he said.

"Then you are aware of the precipice ?" She clenched her hands.

"I know what I am doing--yes! And I can guide myself.