exist

“He did; saying at the same time, ‘You see I thus destroy the only proof existing against you.’”

And what worried Matthew was that the difference impressed him as being something that should not exist.

I wonder how I ever existed there so long.

“The treasure I speak of really exists, and I offer to sign an agreement with you, in which I promise to lead you to the spot where you shall dig; and if I deceive you, bring me here again,—I ask no more.”