The door opened quietly.
Demetrios entered.
[[1]] Jeremiah II, 2, 20.
[[2]] Hosea II, 5.
[[3]] Jeremiah II, 23, 24.
[[4]] Ezekiel XXIII, 20, 21.
[[5]] Jeremiah III, 1.
[[6]] Ezekiel XXIII, 22, 25.
[[7]] Nahum II, 7.
[[8]] Hosea IV, 14.
[[9]] Ecclesiastes IX, 7, 10.
[[10]] Ecclesiastes XI, 7.
[[11]] Ecclesiastes XII, 1, 5-7.
II
DUST RETURNS TO EARTH
“Demetrios!” she cried.
And she rushed forward.
But after carefully dropping the wooden bolt, the young man remained motionless, and his glance betrayed such profound tranquility that Chrysis was suddenly stricken with a cold chill.
She had hoped for an impulse of generosity, a movement of the arms, the lips, anything, an outstretched hand . . .
Demetrios did not move.
He waited in silence for an instant, in an extremely correct attitude, as if he wished clearly to disavow all responsibility in the case.