As maybe the world's leading authority on "waiting too long"...don't. You both deserve a win.
— In a little while, Miss York... you will be begging for mercy.
— No, no. I'll beg now.
Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
*Tout vient à point à celui qui sait attendre.
Kutuzov quotes François Rabelais.
Reading the life of Theseus, I was much impressed by that passage telling of the great stone beneath which the boyish hero was to find his tokens of destiny whenever he should become old enough to lift its enormous weight. This legend had the effect of dispelling my keenest impatience to enter the vault, for it made me feel that the time was not yet ripe. Later, I told myself, I should grow to a strength and ingenuity which might enable me to unfasten the heavily chained door with ease; but until then I would do better by conforming to what seemed the will of Fate.
God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.
See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you