"After a pause in the dark.
"Tell me, was he ... was Mubby.. back there, in our former life?"
"O yes, he was there."
"And Darrie, too?"
"Yes, Darrie, too!"
"If my name was Naa and your name was Kaa, what were their names?"
"Mubby was named Baa and Darrie was Blaa!"
This convulsed Hildreth.
"You great, big, sweet fool of a poet, I do love you, I really do!"