and i do n't think cortland would appreciate me telling that story and of course , i 've never mentioned it to pierce as for stella , well , frankly i doubt stella cares about such things at all if stella cares about anything , i 'd like to know what it is ' these apparitions undoubtedly included another appearance of lasher , but we can not leave this vivid and noteworthy story without discussing the strange exchange of words at the library door .