Love and Sacrifice

Maggie's courageous and selfless determination to save Laurie from obsession and possession demonstrates love as an active, protective force that requires personal risk and endurance.

Maggie's protective love for Laurie drives her to face the ordeal.

Maggie's unspoken love for Laurie and her willingness to let him speak first, despite her fear, reflects a quiet sacrifice.

Love and Sacrifice is one of the patterns The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.