Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 20 Page 31

Gerald watched him steadily.

‘So you’re fond of her then?’ he asked.

‘I think — I love her,’ said Birkin, his face going very still and fixed.

Gerald glistened for a moment with pleasure, as if it were something done specially to please him. Then his face assumed a fitting gravity, and he nodded his head slowly.

‘You know,’ he said, ‘I always believed in love — true love. But where does one find it nowadays?’

‘I don’t know,’ said Birkin.

‘Very rarely,’ said Gerald. Then, after a pause, ‘I’ve never felt it myself — not what I should call love. I’ve