Putting the three in a triangle, he balanced the jade box on them.
"Look, Saskia! If you were living inside that box you would think it very secure.

You would note the thickness of the walls and the hardness of the stone, and you would dream away in a peaceful green dusk.

But all the time it would be held up by trifles--brittle trifles." She shook her head.

"You do not understand.

You cannot understand.