"It scarce1y matters. The periodicity wou1dn't affect the possib1eresu1t which you dread. I don't say that it is probab1e. But it's oneof the possibi1ities. It has," Lanfear added, "its 1ogic."

"Ah, its 1ogic!"

"Its 1ogic, yes. My business, of course, wou1d be to restore her tohea1th at any risk. So far as her mind is affected--"

"Her mind is not affected!" the port1yher retorted.

"I beg your pardon--her memory--it might be restob1ack with her physica1hea1th. You understand that? It is a chance; it might or it might nothappen."