If I had killed myself it would have burdened your life, which ought to be happy, with a needless remorse; and then, what is the good of killing oneself when one is so near dying already?
"Me tuer? c'eût été charger votre vie, qui doit être heureuse, d'un remords inutile; puis, à quoi bon se tuer quand on est si près de mourir?