the dialogue below is from a scene near the end of the movie. meryl streep's character, isak denisen and robert redford's character, denys finch-hatton, and talking alone in isak's empty house. she is leaving africa. the two were together, but different ideas about relationships, commitment and love drove them apart. it is the first time they have seen each other, alone, in some time. he has asked to take her to mombasa, to start her journey back to denmark . . . isak says, reflecting on how much she has missed him:
I’ve got this little thing that I’ve learned to do lately.
When it gets so bad . . . and I think I can’t go on . . . I try to make it worse.
I make myself think about our camp on the river . . . and Berkeley . . . and the first time that you took me flying.
How good it all was.
And when I’m certain that I can’t stand it . . .
I go one moment more.
And then I know I can bear anything.
Would you like to help me?
Yes. (finch-hatton says.)
Come dance with me then.
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