"Yes, he's beaten," he heard them say. "We've succeeded at last. We've succeeded...."
But they had not.
With an effort of will that was beyond any power that he had believed himself to possess, he pulled himself up.
"There's one thing you've forgotten." He gasped as he came struggling up.
He took the Creature in his hands, wrung its neck and flung it out of the window.
"There's one thing you've forgotten. There's my love for her. That's strong enough for anything. That's reason enough for living even though she doesn't want it. I'll beat you all with that ... go back to hell, the lot of you."
II
"I must never let it happen like that again. What a state this weather can get one into...."
But he had come back to his senses. His brain was clear; he could think now. The great point was that it was of no use to think of himself in this affair. "Rachel, Rachel's the only thing that matters."