“It was only intoxication in your case, then?”
“Not only in my case; in your case, too, and in all others as well. It passes off more or less quickly.”
“And so love is nothing but intoxication as far as a man is concerned!”
“As far as a woman is concerned too!”
“Nothing but intoxication!”
“Quite so! But there is no reason why one shouldn’t remain friends.”
“One need not get married for that!”
“No; and that’s exactly what I meant to point out.”
“You? Wasn’t it you who insisted on our marriage?”
“Only because you worried me about it day and night three long years.”