You were the first woman in my life.

You will be the last.

I have been silent, as you know.

I have waited for something like this, and I think the time has come." "The time can never come," she cried despairingly.
"The time has come at least for me to tell you that I love you more than any woman on earth," he declared, "that I want to take care of you, to take you into my life, to build a wall of passionate devotion around you, to keep you free from every trouble and every harm." "Ah, dear friend, if it were but possible!" she murmured, holding his hands tightly.
"But it is possible," he insisted.

"All that we need is courage.