'Don’t I?' he said. 'It’s the problem I can’t solve. I know I want a perfect and complete relationship with you: and we’ve nearly got it—we really have. But beyond that. Do I want a real, ultimate relationship with Gerald? Do I want a final, almost extra–human relationship with him—a relationship in the ultimate of me and him—or don’t I?'
She looked at him for a long time, with strange bright eyes, but she did not answer.
