In such a case he is no longer in entire sympathy with both, and either his love or his friendship must be imperfect." Claudius looked at the Countess to see what impression he had made.

She did not return his glance.
"In other words ?" was her question.
"In other words," he answered in a tone of conviction, "friendship is only a substitute for love, and cannot exist beside it unless lover and friend be one and the same person.

Friendship purely intellectual is a fallacy, owing to the manifest imperfections of human nature.

It must, then, be an affair of the heart, whatever you may define that to be, and cannot, therefore, exist at the same time with any other affair of the heart without inevitable contradiction.

How often has love separated old friends, and friendship bred discord between lovers!" "I never heard that argument before," said Margaret, who, to tell the truth, was surprised at the result of the Doctor's discourse.
"What do you think of it ?" he asked.
"I am not sure, but the point is interesting.