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Madame, do you recollect our great quarrel one evening in the little Japanese drawing room, about the father who committed incest? Do you recollect how indignant you were, the violent words you flung at me, and how angry you became, and do you also remember all I said in defence of that man? You blamed me. I appeal against you.
No one in the world, you declared, no one could uphold the infamous deed which I defended. Today I am going to tell this tale to the public.