Ask yourself whether the prick will last longer than the moment. But where am I to go for happiness and joy? Can you understand what it is to have to live only on retrospects?"
"I wish I could say a word to comfort you."
"You cannot say a word to comfort me, unless you will unsay all that you have said since I have been in England. I never expect comfort again. But, Paul, I will not be cruel to the end. I will tell you all that I know of my concerns, even though my doing so should justify your treatment of me. He is not dead."
"You mean Mr. Hurtle."

But where am I to go for happiness and joy?"
"I wish I could say a word to comfort you."
"You cannot. I never expect comfort again. But, Paul, I will not be cruel to the end. I will tell you all that I know of my concerns, even though it may justify your treatment of me. He is not dead."
"You mean Mr. Hurtle."
