“Are you still afraid?†I asked her.
“No,†she said, “I am thankful. The world has been threatened too long by the extraordinary, the supernatural and the monstrous. I shall be happy enough to smell the pines and hear the song of the thrush. And to be with you, Captain von Bek.â€
“The world is still threatened,†I said to her, “but perhaps not by Lucifer. I held her hand tightly.
Michael Moorcock