On the whole, it's a good thing she briefly saw Harvey in Crichton's dream last month, because it means that she does not mistake the nearly-skeletal figure for the description she's heard. It startles her nonetheless, before she recognizes a terribly starved-looking Arthur.

For her part, Cassandra's in a heavy quilted silk robe, and has her hair pulled back in the hastiest of twists, and aside from that one swift glance at Arthur all her attention is for --

"Crichton," she says again, "are you all right?"