“I’ve been alone for ten years. There were several mistresses, but I never loved them, and eventually they moved on to men who could give them what they craved. And now, when my life is nearing its conclusion, you appear to me as if out of thin air, and suddenly I want to live. I want to live more than I’ve wanted to live in ten years because now I have something to lose. Only it’s too late, isn’t it?”
