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Chapter 35

           Oldroués,smellingofwineandtobacco,wereeagertotakemeontheirkneesandpinchmysoftflesh;—theywouldpressmyinnocentlipswiththeirwitheredones—witheredandcontaminatedbythekissesofcocottesand‘soileddoves’ofthetown!—Ihaveoftenwonderedhowitisthesemencandaretotouchayoungchild’smouth,knowinginthemselveswhatbeaststheyare!Iseemynurse—atrainedliarandtime-server,givingherselfmoreairsthanaqueen,andforbiddingmetospeaktothischildorthatchild,becausetheywere‘beneath’me;—thencamemygoverness,fullofaprurientprudery,asbadawomaninmoralsaseverlived,yet‘highlyrecommended’andwithexcellentreferences,andwearinganassumptionofthestrictestvirtue,likemanyequallyhypocriticalclergymen’swivesIhaveknown.Isoonfoundherout—forevenasachildIwaspainfullyobservant—andthestoriessheandmymother’sFrenchmaidusedtotell,inloweredvoicesnowandthenbrokenbycoarselaughter,weresufficienttoenlightenmeastohertruecharacter.Yet,beyondhavingasupremecontemptforthewomanwhopractisedreligiousausterityoutwardly,andwasatheartarake,Igavesmallconsiderationtothedifficultproblemsuchanaturesuggested.

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