[... And that answers that. It certainly could still be a fortune teller's guess, but that same unease warns him against being dismissive. His fan snaps open, covering his face. But if it's true, how easy would it be for the child who isn't a child to simply tell him whatever he wishes to hear.

The answer to his statement, however, he can offer an absolute truth in reply.]

I wouldst not wish it, even should I think for a moments life that she would not simply throw off such bewitchments with ferocious irritation.