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She was here! calls Quentin from the stairway-has she gone?-where did she go, I've got to find her. I thought you were resting, says Julia. How did you know she was here? asks Barnabas-did you see her? Quentin looks around eagerly, then grins. Lilac, can't you smell them? he asks. Yes, the scent of lilac, agrees Julia. Whenever she was near, says Quentin, giggling a little, the air was such fragrance. Who? asks Barnabas. Oh, Daphne, says Quentin, as though that explains everything. Who is Daphne? asks Barnabas impatiently. Quentin tilts his head to one side and says, "Yes, who's Daphne?" You mean you don't know? asks Julia. I saw her a few times, says Quentin, so cold, but so beautiful-such sorrow in her eyes-maybe Carolyn knows, he says, getting right in Barnabas' face, sounding like a little boy, huh?--I'd give anything to see her again-will she come back? I don't know, says Barnabas, clearly nonplussed by this. Please let me see her again! begs Quentin-Daphne! --Daphne, why are you so cruel, Daphne? By now, he's talking to the air. Julia goes over and touches his arm-you've got to rest, she urges. Oh, no, I've got to find her, protests Quentin, putting his hand over Julia's. She's gone! says Julia. Gone, yes, they're all gone, says Quentin loonily, they're all gone, she must not come back, here, never, they're all gone... Julia leads the babbling man upstairs.[/spoiler]