And if it did--" "Ah, if it did--" "It couldn't in this case--my case--your case--" "Her case--" she whispered.
"Her case?
She hasn't got one.

She simply doesn't exist.

She might come back as much as she pleased, and still she wouldn't exist.

Is _that_ what you've been afraid of all the time ?" "I never was really afraid till now." "What you're afraid of couldn't happen.

You can put that out of your head for ever.