:40:01
which you've found valuable
:40:02
Of course.
:40:03
Well, then, now.
:40:04
Where as I was inclined to
be nervous and impatient
:40:06
you were quite the opposite.
:40:07
You have a clear mind
you were tenacious
:40:08
you would never give up.
:40:09
It's an excellent combination.
:40:11
I might compare it with
the chemical formula NACI
:40:13
Sodium Chloride.
:40:14
It's a stable necessary compound.
:40:16
So if we marry on this basis
:40:18
our marriage would always
be the same.
:40:19
The temperature would be the same
:40:20
the composition would be the same
:40:22
There would be no destruction
no fluctuation
:40:23
none of the
uncertainties and emotions of love.
:40:26
But...
:40:27
I know how you feel about love
about men
:40:29
I mean
and I respect that feeling.
:40:31
It's also my own conviction.
:40:32
For the scientist
there is no time for love.
:40:34
I always believe science and
marriage to be incompatible
:40:37
but it's stupid to believe
in generalization.
:40:40
In our case, it would be a
wonderful collaboration.
:40:42
A wonderful collaboration.
Don't you feel that?
:40:46
I feel that.
:40:47
And as for your father
from what you've said
:40:49
I'm sure he would applaud
such a collaboration.
:40:52
He might.
:40:53
And as for Poland
what little good
:40:55
you could make there,
:40:55
you could make up here ten fold
on your own ground science.
:41:03
What do you think I should do?
:41:09
It would be a very fine thing
I believe
:41:13
to pass our lives together
:41:14
with our common scientific dream
:41:16
to work together constantly
in our search
:41:20
and any discovery that
we should make
:41:22
no matter how small
would deepen the friendship
:41:24
that we already have
for each other
:41:26
and increase the respect that
we mutually feel.
:41:29
I can imagine no respect
:41:31
or friendship
greater than I have for you now.
:41:35
I can imagine no future
so full of promise
:41:39
than the one you offer.
:41:42
Then I suggest that you stay
on in Paris with me.
:41:49
I think you are right.
:41:51
I should like to stay
in Paris very much.
:41:58
Thank you.