it can all be managed quietly and gently, even kindly, and without the slightest fuss or scandal. i foresee that the future is pregnant with events, and that there is much that needs explanation. there is intrigue in the wind; but if on one side nothing is known, on the other side nothing will be explained. if i have heard nothing about it, nor have you, nor he, nor she who has heard about it, i should like to know? how can all this be explained except by the fact that half of it is mirage or moonshine, or some hallucination of that sort?"