He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance: physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace: mentally, I still possessed my soul, and with it the certainty of ultimate safety.
Fizikailag olyan tehetetlen voltam, mint a pernye, amelyet fölkap a szél. De a lelkem még az enyém volt, és ez a tudat biztonságot adott.