'A trade can be learned; there's nothing to stop you from learning.'

She gave Henri a troubled look. 'You'd like me to earn my keep?'

'It isn't a question of money,' he said quickly. 'I just want you to take an interest in things, to keep yourself occupied.’

‘I'm interested in us,' she said.

'That isn't enough.’

‘It's been enough for me for ten years.'

He gathered all his courage. 'Listen, Paula, you know very well things have changed between us; there's no sense in lying to each other. We once had a great and beautiful love and now, let's face it, it's turning into friendship. That doesn't mean we'll see less of each other, not at all,' he added earnestly. 'But you've got to finds an independent existence for yourself.'