"As long as Father needs, we shall stay," she agrees, firmly. "Anything he needs -- anything, he'll have it."

And then to Marius, with a sort of uncertain apology, "This place, Milliways -- it's a very peculiar place. I don't know how to explain it at all. But it's good, it's full of so many good people and miraculous things. And one of them -- oh, it's strange! -- is that however long we're here, we'll return without a moment having passed. So you see we won't be missed. Grandfather and Aunt Gillenormand won't worry about us at all."