"So how does it fit in with the Cullens? Are they like the cold ones your great-grandfather met?" "No." He paused dramatically. "They are the same ones." He must have thought the expression on my face was fear inspired by his story. He smiled, pleased, and continued. "There are more of them now, a new female and a new male, but the rest are the same. In my great-grandfather's time they already knew of the leader, Carlisle. He'd been here and gone before your people had even arrived." He was fighting a smile.
What does 'been here and gone' mean?
contraposition He'd been here and gone before your people had even arrived. This is a compound sentence: He had been here. He had gone before your people had even arrived.
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contrapositionHe'd been here and gone before your people had even arrived.
This is a compound sentence:
He had been here.
He had gone before your people had even arrived.