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"As I said, I want to know my future."
"You know your future as well as I do; the only question is when, and you are aware, I think, that I would not tell you that even if I could, What do you want?"
So much for polite conversation. I said, "You know who Jill Quarrier is."
"Of course."
"Then you ought to know that she failed."
The old woman frowned. "Failed?"
"She didn't have what it took."
"She couldn't have--"
"If I had left her alone, it might have been different. Then again, it might not have."
She glared at me. "What have you done to her?"
"She lives."
"You know your future as well as I do; the only question is when, and you are aware, I think, that I would not tell you that even if I could, What do you want?"
So much for polite conversation. I said, "You know who Jill Quarrier is."
"Of course."
"Then you ought to know that she failed."
The old woman frowned. "Failed?"
"She didn't have what it took."
"She couldn't have--"
"If I had left her alone, it might have been different. Then again, it might not have."
She glared at me. "What have you done to her?"
"She lives."