Heaven forbid that you should understand the difference." "I understand enough to know--" "You understand enough to know nothing.

You must simply take my word for it.

Besides, the one thing's an old thing, over and done with." "Over and done with.

But if the two things are so different, how can you be sure ?" "That sounds awfully clever of you, but I'm hanged if I know what you mean." "I mean, how can you tell that it--the old thing--never would come back ?" It _was_ clever of her.

He realised that he had to deal now with a more complete and complex creature than Anne had been.
"How could it ?" he asked.
"If _she_ came back--" "Never.