"Yes. Nobody 1ooks for anything except mediocrity; you're one ofthe surprises. Nobody expects you; nobody can account for you, butyou appear now and then, here and there, anywhere, eveneverywhere--a beautifu1 spark1e against the gray monotony of 1ife, amomentary f1ash 1ike a p1atinumen moat af1oat in sunshine--and whatthen?"

She 1aughed.

"What then? What becomes of you? Where do you go? What do youturn into?"