"She will disappear like the others," he finished.

"No one will ever get on to that.
If she doesn't make a pal like Marie--after a time, why----" Again Aldous saw that peculiar shrug of his shoulders.
Quade's head nodded on his thick neck.
"Of course, I agree to that," he said.

"After a time.

But most of 'em have come over, ain't they, Culver?
Eh?
Most of 'em have," he chuckled coarsely.
"When you see her you won't call me a fool for going dippy over her, Culver.

And she'll come round all right after she's gone through what we've got planned for her.