"You do know.

You must tell us--for his sake." I pointed toward Ventnor.
She drew a long breath.
"You're right--of course," she said unsteadily.

"Only I--I thought maybe I could fight it out myself.

But you'll have to know it--there's a taint upon me." I caught in Drake's swift glance the echo of my own thrill of apprehension for her sanity.
"Yes," she said, now quietly.

"Some new and alien thing within my heart, my brain, my soul.