Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
I have been obsessed with seamed stockings my whole life, and I would collect vintage ones that were made in the '40s and '50s with the authentic styling of the keyhole, the welt, the reinforced toe and heels, French or Cuban heels, and hand-stitched seams.
By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.
I knew from reading about Sarah Grimke that she'd been given a handmaid to be her personal slave and that her name was Hetty. The only other fact I knew about her was that Sarah taught her to read: They conspired in a very subversive way, by locking the door and screening the keyhole.