Yes! I think so. Death augments distance and dulls the memory. Death reconciles. But you do not look like a man who——

He

Yes, yes! Death, certainly!

Gentleman

Sit down here.

He

Your obedient servant. Yes?

Gentleman

Certainly, I do not dare to ask you—[makes a grimace] to ask you to die, but tell me: you'll never come back there? No, don't laugh. If you want me to, I'll kiss your hand. Don't grimace! I would have done so if you had died.

He