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‘I should have thought if you’d loved me really you’d
have loved me still.’
‘I should have thought so too. I remember how I used to
think that it would last for ever, I felt I would rather die than
be without you, and I used to long for the time when you
would be faded and wrinkled so that nobody cared for you
any more and I should have you all to myself.’
She did not answer, and presently she got up and said she
was going to bed. She gave a timid little smile.
‘It’s Christmas Day, Philip, won’t you kiss me good-
night?’
He gave a laugh, blushed slightly, and kissed her. She
went to her bed-room and he began to read.

Of Human Bondage