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Chapter 6

           "ThatverybookIcouldgetnoonetoacceptItellyou,IwillmakeitthetalkofLondon!"

           "Possiblyyouwill"hesaid,lookingatmethroughhalf-closedeyesandacloudofsmoke"Londoneasilytalks.Particularlyonunsavouryandquestionablesubjects.ThereforeasIhavealreadyhintedifyourbookwereajudiciousmixtureofZola,HuysmansandBaudelaire,orhadforitsheroinea‘modest’maidwhoconsideredhonourablemarriagea‘degradation,’itwouldbequitesureofsuccessinthesedaysofnewSodomandGomorrah."Herehesuddenlysprangup,andflingingawayhiscigar,confrontedme."Whydonottheheavensrainfireonthisaccursedcity!Itisripeforpunishmentfullofabhorrentcreaturesnotworththetorturinginhelltowhichitissaidliarsandhypocritesarecondemned!Tempest,ifthereisonehumanbeingmorethananotherthatIutterlyabhor,itisthetypeofmansocommontothepresenttime,themanwhohuddleshisownloathlyvicesunderacloakofassumedbroad-mindednessandvirtue.Suchanonewillevendeifythelossofchastityinwomanbythenameof‘purity,’becauseheknowsthatitisbyhermoralandphysicalruinalonethathecangratifyhisbrutallusts.RatherthanbesuchasanctimoniouscowardIwouldopenlyproclaimmyselfvile!"

           "Thatisbecauseyoursisanoblenature"Isaid"Youareanexceptiontotherule."

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