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Chapter 35

           Oldroués,smellingofwineandtobacco,wereeagertotakemeontheirkneesandpinchmysoftflesh;theywouldpressmyinnocentlipswiththeirwitheredoneswitheredandcontaminatedbythekissesofcocottesand‘soileddoves’ofthetown!Ihaveoftenwonderedhowitisthesemencandaretotouchayoungchild’smouth,knowinginthemselveswhatbeaststheyare!Iseemynurseatrainedliarandtime-server,givingherselfmoreairsthanaqueen,andforbiddingmetospeaktothischildorthatchild,becausetheywere‘beneath’me;thencamemygoverness,fullofaprurientprudery,asbadawomaninmoralsaseverlived,yet‘highlyrecommended’andwithexcellentreferences,andwearinganassumptionofthestrictestvirtue,likemanyequallyhypocriticalclergymen’swivesIhaveknown.IsoonfoundheroutforevenasachildIwaspainfullyobservantandthestoriessheandmymother’sFrenchmaidusedtotell,inloweredvoicesnowandthenbrokenbycoarselaughter,weresufficienttoenlightenmeastohertruecharacter.Yet,beyondhavingasupremecontemptforthewomanwhopractisedreligiousausterityoutwardly,andwasatheartarake,Igavesmallconsiderationtothedifficultproblemsuchanaturesuggested.

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