What did I mean, you asked, by speaking of her as a living person?
But I was not ready to speak, and I put you off.
"I am going to answer your question now.

I am going to tell you how and why I believe that she is neither lost nor dead, but a living and immortal spirit.

For this, nothing less than this, is my absolute assurance, the conviction which I ask you to share.
"But stop, let us go back.

Let us assume nothing.

Let us reason it all out carefully from the beginning.