"No, dear."
"Do you think—if he did—"
"No…. How could it be—after what has happened to me?"
"You would tell him?"
"Of course. I sometimes wonder whether he has not already heard—something—from that beast—"
"Does John know him?"
"He has done two fountains for his place at El Naúar. He had several other things in view—" she shrugged—"but The Mohave sailed suddenly with its owner for a voyage around the world—so John was told;—and—Valerie, it's the first clear breath of relief I've drawn since Penrhyn Cardemon entered John's studio."
"I didn't know he had ever been there."
"Yes; twice."
"Did you see him there?"