He is not in a state of mind to bear it. Wood. "Your sympathy is being wasted. The last thing that she remembered was her eyes crossing as she tried to focus upon the crunch of leaves as she lay heaving upon them, dampening them further with the outpouring of her sweat as it leaked from her clothing. What marriage really meant (aside from the idea of escape), Ruth had not the least conception, no more than a child. "I should think so," responded the lethargic turnkey, with a yawn. He then said that if she would not obey him in this course she should “never darken his doors again,” and was, indeed, frightfully abusive. ’ So saying, she threw a meaning look over her shoulder at Lucilla, much to Gerald’s approval.