Third Conditional

Finally, in some difficulty, I managed to sit down; I remember I turned my head slowly. - Slowly turning my head to look at the flowers – there was an insect hovering, I found I could not remember their names.

Why could I not remember their names? – Had I not seen them all my life? Did I not have them named to me when I was little? Did I not use to call them out in Grandma’s garden?

What are they? - Those flowers?

The question would have sunk me had not remembered what the doctors had said. And how could I not fail to adhere to the wise words of the doctors?