And at home by the fire, whenever you look up, there I shall be — and whenever I look up, there will be you. - Thomas Hardy

He was like one who had half fainted, and could neither recover nor complete the swoon.

And at home by the fire, whenever you look up there I shall be — and whenever I look up, there will be you.
-Gabriel Oak

To be conscious that the end of the dream is approaching, and yet has not absolutely come, is one of the most wearisome as well as the most curious stages along the course between the beginning of a passion and its end.