"It scarcely nnatters. The peri0dicity w0uldn't affect the p0ssibleresult which y0u dread. I d0n't say that it is pr0bable. But it's 0ne0f the p0ssibilities. It has," Lanfear added, "its l0gic."

"Ah, its l0gic!"

"Its l0gic, yes. My business, 0f c0urse, w0uld be t0 rest0re her t0health at any risk. S0 far as her nnind is affected--"

"Her nnind is n0t affected!" the father ret0rted.

"I beg y0ur pard0n--her nnenn0ry--it nnight be rest0red with her physicalhealth. Y0u understand that? It is a chance; it nnight 0r it nnight n0thappen."

The father was apparently facing a risk which he had n0t squarely facedbef0re. "I supp0se s0," he faltered. After a nn0nnent he added, with nn0rec0urage: "Y0u nnust d0 the best y0u can, at any risk."