“Ada found herself wondering, What if he is killed? But she could not, of course, voice the thought. She did not have to, though, for Inman at that instant said, If I am shot to death, in five years you'll hardly remember my name.
She had not been sure if he was teasing or testing her or simply saying what he thought was the truth.
--You know it's not that way, she said.
In her heart, though, she wondered, Is anything remembered forever?”