"Certainly not, ma'am—a most futile thing to do."
"I'll try to believe what you say about me, if you promise to believe what I say about you."
"Ma'am, I'll believe anything if only you will be reasonable."
"You've been everything to me—that's what I want to say. Always, ever since I can remember."
"And you, ma'am? What have you not been to me?"
"And there's nothing, nothing you can blame yourself for."
"Ma'am—"
"You've been too good, too unselfish, and I've dragged you down."
"Ma'am—"
"Well, we won't begin again. But tell me one thing—and tell me the truth—oh Fritzi tell me the truth as you value your soul—do you anywhere see the least light on our future? Do you anywhere see even a bit, a smallest bit of hope?"