Bill became animated again. "You mean there's nobody else?"
"Nobody."
Bill's animation approached the fever point. "Then do you think - do you suppose - might it happen - would it be - er - putting it another way, it is possible - "
"Crisper, crisper, and simpler. What you're trying to suggest now is that perhaps I might one day love you? Am I right?"
"You take the words out of my mouth."
"I had to, or they would never have emerged at all."
(from Doctor Sally, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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