The case is simply this. We have had perhaps ten or twelve love-affairs with each other… Doesn’t it seem that way to you, too?
Young Wife
I haven’t counted them!
Husband
If we had enjoyed the first one to the last drop, if I had from the very beginning surrendered without restraint to my passion for you, the same thing would have happened to us that has happened to millions of other lovers. We would be tired of each other.
Young Wife
Ah … do you mean that?
Husband
Believe me—Emma—in the early days of our marriage, I was afraid that this would happen.
Young Wife