"To what's called Evil--with a very big E: for the first time in her life.

To the discovery of it, to the knowledge of it, to the crude experience of it." And she gave, for the possibility, the largest measure.

"To the harsh, bewildering brush, the daily chilling breath of it.

Unless indeed"-- and here Mrs.Assingham noted a limit "unless indeed, as yet (so far as she has come, and if she comes no further), simply to the suspicion and the dread.

What we shall see is whether that mere dose of alarm will prove enough." He considered.