"Now there's another figure, standing to your left.

She is still near the earth plane.

I cannot place her at all.

She is short and stout; her grey hair is brushed back from her forehead.

I do not feel as if you had known her very long." Her voice died away, then suddenly became stronger, more confident: "Your mother--if it is your mother--is trying to shield you from her." She remained silent for a while.