(Publicado originalmente a 2/6/2003.)

«...The note had been struck, she had responded to it, as she responded to every suggestion, faultlessly; she knew that she could repeat the note, whenever she wished, now that she had once found it. There would be no variation to allow for, the actress was made at last. She might take back her lover, or never see him again, it would make no difference. It would make no difference, she repeated, over and over again, weeping uncontrollable tears.»(Do filme "Esther Kahn", realizado por Arnaud Desplechin, argumento de Arnaud Desplechin e Emmanuel Bourdieu, adaptado de uma obra de Arthur Symons.)