“Is this, then, why you doubt my friendship?”
“That vague thing in my heart is very near to me.”
“And to me, David!”
“Then why do you say the things you do?—and why—Tom—why ...?”
“Yes, David?”
“Why do you do the things, and lead the life you do?”
“Oh, David, if you would help me to understand?”
“Are you sincere?”
“No, David, I am not sincere. Help me to be sincere.”
“It seems to me that sincerity must be there first of all.”