As soon as your fear was over — and it was not fear for what threatened me, but for what might happen to you — when the whole thing was past, as far … - Henrik Ibsen

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As soon as your fear was over — and it was not fear for what threatened me, but for what might happen to you — when the whole thing was past, as far as you were concerned it was exactly as if nothing at all had happened. Exactly as before, I was your little skylark, your doll, which you would in future treat with doubly gentle care, because it was so brittle and fragile.