Never Let Me Go 18

"So that feeling came again...that we were doing all of this too late; that there'd once been a time for it, but we'd let that go by, and there was something ridiculous, reprehensible even, about the way we were now thinking and planning." -pg. 242

This particular quote applies to many aspects of the story as it is now. Ruth has died, and Kathy is caring for Tommy. The two start having sex, talking more, and even talk about going to see Madame. Their plan is to convince Madame into giving them a few years off to themselves because they are in love. Although I do not know what will happen, I believe the plan will not work. The two have so many theories about their art and getting years off, but I believe none of them are true. All of these theories could just be rumors. In the final chapters, I suspect disappointment in going to see Madame. Kathy keeps trying to bring back Hailsham into her present, yet that time has past. Her feeling of doing all this too late is true--it should have happened long before. However, I forsee them only being disappointed in the future for not moving on from Hailsham.