It is precisely because the other is unique that an individual can be faithful to him or her. Miriam, who had previously been so ready to move from one man to another as soon as she had exhausted her interest in him, finally discovers the angel of fidelity.c From this point on, the other is no longer an object, interchangeable with other objects, a fruit to be eaten, discarded, and replaced by another fruit. Now the other has a face, one that looks at us as no other face can, not because its gaze is superior or more intelligent, but because “there can never be another you.”
