"Perhaps it was so."
"And now I will hear how it happened."
"I must first confess something that pains me."
"Oh, that confession! But maybe I am entitled to hear it?"
"Well, yes, I think so. There were three."
"Oh...."
"And you were the first choice."
"Me?"
"But I waited for your letter. There was a time limit."
"And I was away."