Allie : Do you think our love, can take us away together?Duke : I think our love can do anything we want it to.Allie : I love you.Duke : I love you, Allie.Allie : Good night.Duke : Good night. I'll be seeing you.
Duke : I was just going for a walk. I couldn't sleep.Nurse Esther : You were going to see Miss Allie. Now you know you're not allowed. It's against the rules. You go back to your room. And as for me, I'm going downstairs to get a cup of coffee and won't be back for a while. Stay out of trouble.
Allie : Did you write that?Duke : No, that was Walt Whitman.Allie : I think I knew him...Duke : I think you did too.
He got the notion into his head that if he restored the old house where they had come that night, Allie would find a way to come back to him. Some called it a labor of love. Others called it something else. But in fact, Noah had gone a little mad.