If it is, no harm is done.

I have laid out a few crowns uselessly, and there is an end of it.

But if it should not be a nightmare, but a real positive danger, you would at least be prepared for it; and those few crowns may be the saving of our lives." Philip walked up and down the room for some time.
"At any rate, Pierre, you have acted wisely.

As you say, the cost is as nothing; and though my reason revolts against a belief in this nightmare of yours, I am not such a fool as to refuse to pay any attention to it.

I know that you are no coward, and certainly not one to indulge in wild fancies.
"Let us go a step farther.