There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.
Bio: Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War.