She felt the strength of his great frame beneath her, and marvelled.

Again the magnetic force of the man possessed her, stilling all fear.

She shut her eyes dizzily, but she was not afraid.
When she looked up again they were in the open.

He had set her on her feet, and she stood on the rugged side of a mountain where no vestige of a path or any habitation showed in any direction.

For the first time he had relinquished all hold upon her, and stood apart, almost as if he would turn and leave her.
The brief twilight was upon them.