“The scorn of money is as genuine as your incapacity to love, Miss Walton.”

“You do not believe me?”

“A person incapable of love does not crave it. It is only a loving nature which cares for love.”

“But if one cannot love, how can one believe in it?”

“The unlighted torch does not believe in fire.”

“But some substances are incombustible.”

“The sun melts anything.”

“The sun is trans-terrestrial.”

“So is love.”

You looked at me in silence for a moment, and then asked, “Is love so much to you?”