‘I was not myself. I was no longer a fifty-year-old divorcé at a loose end. I became a servant of Eros.’ ‘Is this a defence you are offering us? Ungovernable impulse?’ ‘It is not a defence. You want a confession, I give you a confession. As for the impulse, it was far from ungovernable. I have denied similar impulses many times in the past, I am ashamed to say.’
