" This episode, which she thought so sordid, and which was so tragic for him, remained supremely beautiful. To such a height was he lifted that without regret he could now have told her that he was her worshipper too. But what was the use of telling her? For all the wonderful things had happened.
'Thank you,' was all that he permitted himself. 'Thank you for everything. "

― E.M. Forster , Where Angels Fear to Tread