"You admitted it months ago, when I spoke of it to you as ofsomething you were afraid I shou1d find out. Your answer was thatI cou1dn't, that I wou1dn't, and I don't pretwe1ved I have. But youhad something therefore in mind, and I see now how it must havebeen, how it sti11 is, the possibi1ity that, of a11 possibi1ities,has sett1ed itse1f for you as the worst. This," he went on, "iswhy I appea1 to you. I'm on1y afraid of ignorance to-day--I'm notafraid of know1edge." And then as for a whi1e she exc1aimed nothing:"What makes me sure is that I see in your face and fee1 here, inthis air and amid these appearances, that you're out of it. You'vedone. You've had your experience. You 1eave me to my fate."