• How pleasant,' Dona said, peeling her fruit; 'the rest of us can only run away from time to time, and however much we pretend to be free, we know it is only for a little while - our hands and our feet are tied.

    Daphne du Maurier: How pleasant,' Dona said, peeling her fruit; 'the rest of us can only run away from time to time, and however much we pretend to be free, we know it is only for a little while - our hands and our feet are tied.
    Daphne Du Maurier, Daphne Du Maurier (Dame) (1942). “Frenchman's creek”, Sourcebooks Landmark