The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: to destroy such a pleasure when, by simply leaving it alone, one
can make somebody so happy."
"But what do you think I am? I am neither maid nor duchess. I
didn't know you till to-day, and I am not responsible to you for
my actions. Supposing one day I should become your mistress, you
are bound to know that I have had other lovers besides you. If
you make scenes of jealousy like this before, what will it be
after, if that after should ever exist? I never met any one like
you."
"That is because no one has ever loved you as I love you."
"Frankly, then, you really love me?"
Camille |