"Nothing can be changed."
"After all we've been through?"
"I'm deeply grateful to you, but I suppose that's another story, isn't it?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well—would you be satisfied with my gratitude?"
"No!" he said promptly.
"It's all I can give you."
"Corinna, you drive me mad!"
"Ah, don't begin that again. Think of my position. Be generous!"
"You're always appealing to my better feelings," he grumbled. "I tell you, they won't stand the strain."