'Indeed it has contributed to the happiness of every one.'
'And yet, when I first returned, I heard you utter a complaint; the first that to my knowledge ever escaped your lips.'
'Ah! we cannot be always equally gay.'
'Once you were, dear Venetia.'
'I was a child then.'
'And I, I too was a child; yet I am happy, at least now that I am with you.'
'Well, we are both happy now.'
'Oh! say that again, say that again, Venetia; for indeed you made me miserable when you told me that you had changed. I cannot bear that you, Venetia, should ever change.'
'It is the course of nature, Plantagenet; we all change, everything changes. This day that was so bright is changing fast.'
'The stars are as beautiful as the sun, Venetia.'