Her ears were ringing like a little bell.

The ringing ceased, and she heard; on her right, a strange, clear, glacial voice say.

"I forbid you to belong to one another." It seemed to her that the voice spoke from above, in the glow of light, but she did not dare to turn her head.

It was an unfamiliar voice.

Involuntarily and despite herself she tried to remember his voice, and she realized that she had forgotten its sound, and that she could never again remember it.