Laura smiled a little wanly in the twilight. "Far more afraid of flesh and blood than ghosts," she murmured.
If you have ever come up against Nothing you have no idea how it can scare you out of your wits. When I was a child I used to be afraid of Something in the dark. I know now that the most fearful thing about the dark is that we may find Nothing in it.
Once upon a time the fairy tales begin. But then they end and often you don't know really what has happened, what was meant to happen, you only know what you've been told, what the words suggest.
On the way home Mary Lou said, "Some things are so sad you can't say them." But I pretended not to hear.
