If any one had said to me, you can be her lover for ten pounds, I would have refused. I would have cried like a child who sees the castle he has been dreaming about vanish away as he awakens from sleep.
On m'eût dit: Donnez dix louis, et vous serez son amant, j'eusse refusé et pleuré, comme un enfant qui voit s'évanouir au réveil le château entrevu la nuit.