She looked about and tried to assure herself with the sight of a dozen such details, but, alas, the secondary thought arrived. Supposing he did come back. Then what?

• 她四处看着，用看到的这样那样的东西宽慰自己。 但是随后她又想到另一个问题：如果他真的回来了，那又会怎么样呢?