His death would not free her but his life might.

Presumably they thought his death freed them from their obligations.

"In their opinion, death frees the spirit from centuries of drudgery."

"Did you think that death had freed me from all my pain?"

Only death could free him of office; and that would come soon enough.

Her death would free all the power the Prophet needed.

After all the pain death has freed him.

His death would free Molokan to find a new husband, someone who could give her and the children a better life.

Yet his death has freed you as a hostage.

This is a story of how death frees them from their cages.