"But supposing you had to live your life over again?"
"I would not do it."
"But what life would you care to live? mine, for instance, or that of a prince, or of some other person?"
"Ah, sir, what a question!"
"And yet, do you not see that I, or the prince, or any one else, would answer precisely as you do, and that no one would consent to live his life over again?"
"Yes, sir, I suppose so."
"Am I to understand, then, that you would not live your life over again?"
"No, sir, truly, I would not."
"What life would you care for, then?"
"I would like, without any other condition, such a life as God might be pleased to give me."