“Alas! never had I loved him so well!”
“I still loved him. I never stopped loving him, and never stopped hoping that he would fall back in love with me as well.”
“I must," said the Beast, "for, alas! I know too well my own misfortune, but then I love you with the tenderest affection. However, I ought to think myself happy, that you will stay here; promise me never to leave me.”
“She dreams of him that has forgot her love;You dote on her that cares not for your love.'Tis pity love should be so contrary;And thinking of it makes me cry 'alas!”
“When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her but, alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.”
“I wanted to tell him I loved him, that I'd always loved him, & that life-& I- had never been the same without him there.”