"Isn't there some way?"

"I don't really know, Clive. How could I know?"

"But when you see such people—shadows—shapes—"

"Yes.... They are not shadows."

"Do they seem real?"

"Why, yes; as real as you are."

"Athalie, how can they be?"

"They are to me. There is nothing ghostly about them."

For a moment it almost seemed to her as though he resented her clear seeing; then he said: "Have you always been able to see—this way?"