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she declared . `` It was -- for the appropriate adjective , '' said I , `` consult any humble member of the British Army . '' We had a whole , long evening 's talk , which did not end until I left her in the train at Clermont-Ferrand . On our midnight way thither , she said : `` Now I know you love me , Tony . '' `` Why now ? '' I asked . `` How many people are there in the world whom you would see off by a midnight train , three or four miles from your comfortable bed ? ''