] This playing with words is wonderful.

Yes, I love it, giving the words a phrasing so that it gets turned and means almost the opposite. I love this bit by Edward:

...and now, my Adorable Laura (continued he, taking my Hand) when may I hope to receive that reward of all the painfull sufferings I have undergone during the course of my attachment to you, to which I have ever aspired. (Letter 6)