“He said ‘forget,’ Chris⁠ ⁠… just that one word. O my love, my only love! From now on that is the word for us. We know what we know. We bear it together. Listen, little Chris! You’ve got to go on living, for Olwen’s sake. I’ve got to go on living for Gerda’s sake. When you went away just now, I knew, in one great flash, what you and I are to each other. We shall be that , my dear, dear love, till we both are dead! Nothing can change it any more. Nothing can come between us any more. As to everything else⁠ ⁠… are you listening, little Chris?⁠ ⁠… we’ve both got to ‘forget’⁠—just as he said. It’s the only way, my precious. When that crust breaks, as it did just now, it’s madness to dwell upon it. It’s the unbearable. No one can bear it and go on living. And you’ve got to live, Chris, for Olwen’s sake, just as I’ve got⁠—”