She quivered, and made no answer.
That headlong outburst of passion had overwhelmed her utterly.

She was as drift upon the tide.
He drew a great heaving breath, and clasped her closer.

His words fell hot upon her face.

"You are mine! Why shouldn't I keep you?
Fate has given you to me.

I'd be a fool to let you go again." But something--some inner impulse that had been stunned to impotence by his violence--stirred within her at his words and awoke.