"Can you not understand that a woman like me must know a thing once and forever?
But you _can_ help me.

I did not send for you only to pour my wrongs in your ears.

You must take me with you to this place--to the spot where you found the ring--to the spot where you found the body--to the spot where--where _he_ lies.

You must do it secretly, that none shall know me." Cass hesitated.

He was thinking of his companions and the collapse of their painted bubble.