“Our interference must have been intolerable to a spirit like hers. But what could we do? Even from you——”
“It is horrible that disasters should interfere with human comradeship.”
“It is horrible, but they do interfere.”
“Does Cathleen know?”
“Yes. I told her last night.”
“Well?”
“It seemed to bring home to her for the first time how terrible and ugly it was. You don’t mind my saying that, but the past always does cast its shadow.”
“Yes. It can be dispelled.”
“Only with time.”