His moment of sheer thrill with the two Chatterleys, when he simply carried Connie and Clifford away, was one of the supreme moments of Michaelis' life. He had succeeded: he had carried them away. Even Clifford was temporarily in love with that is the way one can put it.
Winning an Olympic gold medal is, I suppose, the supreme moment of my life.
I struggled against the ungenerous exultation that in such a supreme moment of existence will rise in the best-mannered sportsman's breast.