To a man of my temperament that is an unpardonable crime.

I have never wanted women either as friends or as amusement.

I am one of the few people in the world who are self-sufficient.

It happened that I wanted your wife and she rejected me because apparently she preferred you.' "He looked at me quizzically.
"'You are thinking at this moment,' he went on slowly, 'that I want her now, and that it is part of my revenge that I shall put her straight in my harem.

Nothing is farther from my desires or my thoughts.