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on his homeward journey in the villa of his friend
Lucullus on the promontory over there. His
last words were that he should be carried down
in his litter to the boat that was to take him to his
island home.”
“What is the price you ask of me?”
“The renunciation of your ambition to make
yourself a name in your profession, the sacrifice
of your future.”
“What then am I to become?”
“A Might-Have-Been, a failure.”
“You take away from me all that is worth
living for.”
“You are mistaken, I give you all that is
worth living for.”
“Will you at least leave me pity. I cannot
live without pity if I am to become a doctor.”
“Yes, I will leave you pity, but you would
have fared much better without it.”
“Do you ask for anything more?”
“Before you die, you will have to pay another
price as well, a heavy price. But before this price
is due, you will have watched for many years
from this place the sun set over cloudless days of
happiness and the moon rise over starlit nights of
dreams.”
“Shall I die here?”
“Beware of searching for the answer to your
question, man could not endure life if he was
aware of the hour of his death.”
He laid his hand on my shoulder, I felt a slight
shiver run through my body. “I shall be with
you once more at this place when the sun has set
to-morrow; you may think it over till then.”
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