"How?"
"By deeds, and not words."
"With my hands tied?"
"Break the bonds that hold you!"
"I cannot."
"Good-bye."
She turned to the door through which she had come; he forgot all caution, and stood in her way. They confronted each other, their eyes meeting.
"Ferdinanda!"
"Let me go!"
"You must hear me! for God's sake, Ferdinanda! Such an opportunity as this may not occur again for weeks!"