You were a princess! I was only a soldier of fortune.

But now that you are in trouble, now that you have need of me, I may answer.

I may tell you now why, why I have thrown ambition and future to the winds, why I am here at your side to-night.

Need I tell you?
Do you not know, and have you not known?
Am I cruel to speak of love in the moment of your great affliction?
Well, I must be cruel.

I love you! Faithfully and loyally, now and hereafter, through this sad day into happier ones.