"I'll have a pipe now we have sat down."

"See the stars marching into their old places. What a lot they see. Do you think they look right into us?"

"Let us hope not."

"Do you love me, Jim?"

"Must I say it again?"

"As much as you say you do?"

"I forget how much I said."

"Because sometimes ... well ... sometimes."

"What happens sometimes?"

"Ah, Jim, is there always to be a 'sometimes?' Why do I have always the little stab at my heart? Is the whisperer true who says I do most of the loving?"