The infection of your treachery ?

L'amour fou est éternel

Le son étant assez faible sur cette copie où se trouve le passage qui nous intéresse, voici la retranscription partielle des propos échangés entre Pandora Reynolds et Hendrick van der Zee dans l'extrait qui nous importe :

— There’s something beyond my understanding, something mystical in the feeling I have for you.
I feel as if I’d loved you always, not only in this life, but in lives I’ve lived before and do not remember. It’s as if everything that happened before I met you didn’t happen to me at all, but to someone else. […]
You have no idea the things I’ve imagined myself saying to you…
Jeffrey once said that the measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it.
It was when Stephen destroyed his car for me : it was a wonderful gesture, but then he took it back. Stephen doesn’t realize it, but when he recovered his car, I felt that he’d set me free…
— And you… what would you give up ?
— I’ve asked myself that question…
— Your life, for instance ? Would you give up your life ?
— Yes, I would : I’ll die for you without the least hesitation.
I know that sounds extravagant, but I thought about it.
I mean it : I give up my life for you. That’s the measure of my love. And you, what would you give up ?
— My salvation.

Ayant répondu cela après un terrible silence, Van der Zee se met aussitôt à œuvrer à la perte de son salut en déversant sur Pandora énamourée d'odieux reproches sur sa conduite et en l'assurant de son complet mépris pour son attitude et la « confession choquante » qu'elle vient vient de lui faire.