In her mind, during the last wrestling with a weakness that was alternately her love, and her cowardice, the interpretation of the act ran: 'He may come, and I am his if he comes: and if not, I am bound to my people.' He had taught her to rely on him blindly, and thus she did it inanimately while cutting herself loose from him.

In a similar mood, the spiritual waverer vows to believe if the saint will appear.

However, she submitted.

Then there was joy in the family, and she tasted their caresses..