The wind was rising, and the line of the foreshore beyond the boat was white with breakers.

Israel put off after her and rescued her.

The motionless eyes began to fill when she heard his voice.
"My darling, my darling!" cried Israel; "where did you think you were going ?" "To heaven," she answered.
And truly she had all but gone there.
Israel had no choice left to him now.

He must sadden the heart of this creature of joy that he might keep her body safe from peril.

Naomi was no more than a little child, swayed by her impulses alone, but in more danger from herself than any child before her, because deprived of two of her senses until she had grown to be a maid, and no control could be imposed upon her.
At length Israel nerved himself to his bitter task; and one evening while Naomi sat with him on the roof while the sun was setting, and there were noises in the streets below of the Jewish people shuffling back into the Mellah, he told her that she was blind.