A wave of desire surged through his being.

He took a step toward her, his trembling arms open to seize her lithe, seductive body.

But she, retreating, held him away with repellant palms.
"No, no, no!" she cried.

"Not now--never that, any more! I must be free, Wally--free as air!" She raised her face toward the vast reaches of the sky, breathed deep and for a moment closed her eyes, as though bathing her very soul in the sweet freedom of the out-of-doors.
"Free as air!" she whispered.

"Let me go!" He started violently.