They take it seriously." He followed at his own pace.

"Their situation ?" "The incredible side of it.

They make it credible." "Credible then--you do say--to YOU ?" She looked at him again for an interval.

"They believe in it themselves.
They take it for what it is.

And that," she said, "saves them." "But if what it 'is' is just their chance-- ?" "It's their chance for what I told you when Charlotte first turned up.
It's their chance for the idea that I was then sure she had." The Colonel showed his effort to recall.