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Chapter 1. Sun and Shadow

           EvenwhenIwantedanylittlesumofmoneyformypersonalexpenses,Icouldnotobtainitwithoutcollision—andI,too,amanwhosecharacteritistogovern!Onenight,MadameRigaudandmyselfwerewalkingamicably—Imaysaylikelovers—onaheightoverhangingthesea.AnevilstaroccasionedMadameRigaudtoadverttoherrelations;Ireasonedwithheronthatsubject,andremonstratedonthewantofdutyanddevotionmanifestedinherallowingherselftobeinfluencedbytheirjealousanimositytowardsherhusband.MadameRigaudretorted;Iretorted;MadameRigaudgrewwarm;Igrewwarm,andprovokedher.Iadmitit.Franknessisapartofmycharacter.Atlength,MadameRigaud,inanaccessoffurythatImusteverdeplore,threwherselfuponmewithscreamsofpassion(nodoubtthosethatwereoverheardatsomedistance),toremyclothes,toremyhair,laceratedmyhands,trampledandtrodthedust,andfinallyleapedover,dashingherselftodeathupontherocksbelow.SuchisthetrainofincidentswhichmalicehaspervertedintomyendeavouringtoforcefromMadameRigaudarelinquishmentofherrights;and,onherpersistenceinarefusaltomaketheconcessionIrequired,strugglingwithher—assassinatingher!’

           Hesteppedasidetotheledgewherethevineleavesyetlaystrewnabout,collectedtwoorthree,andstoodwipinghishandsuponthem,withhisbacktothelight.

           ‘Well,’hedemandedafterasilence,‘haveyounothingtosaytoallthat?’

           ‘It’sugly,’returnedthelittleman,whohadrisen,andwasbrighteninghisknifeuponhisshoe,asheleanedanarmagainstthewall.

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