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Chapter 6

           "ThatverybookIcouldgetnoonetoaccept—Itellyou,IwillmakeitthetalkofLondon!"

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

           "Thatisbecauseyoursisanoblenature"—Isaid—"Youareanexceptiontotherule."

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