
Is the cow there or not? This was better than deciding between objectivity and subjectivity. She was so familiar, so solid, that surely the truths that she illustrated would in time become familiar and solid also. Do they exist only when there is some one to look at them? Or have they a real existence of their own? It is all very interesting, but at the same time it is difficult. They were discussing the existence of objects. Whether I'm in Cambridge or Iceland or dead, the cow will be there." "I don't care whether she's there for you or not. "The cow is not there." Ansell frowned and lit another match. "I have proved to myself that she isn't," said the voice.


Then he said again, "She is there, the cow. He waited till the end of the match fell off. "The cow is there," said Ansell, lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet.
