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`show   some   pity   for   a   son�察  �who   has   never   ceased   to   feel   respect   and 

affection   for   youwho      has   not   renounced�察   �as   you   say�察 �all   feelings  of 

honour and of duty�察�and who is himself a thousand times more an object of 

pity than you imagine。'         I could not help shedding a tear as I concluded 

this appeal。 

     ;A father's heart is a chef´d'oeuvre of creation。            There nature rules in 

undisturbed dominion�察�and regulates at will its most secret springs。                    He 

was a man of high feeling and good taste�察�and was so sensibly affected by 

the turn I had given to my defence�察�that he could no longer hide from me 

the change I had wrought。 

     ;`Come to me�察�my poor chevalier��' said he�察 �come and embrace me。                      I 

do pity you��' 

     ;I   embraced   him�此  �he   pressed   me   to   him   in   such   a   manner�察  �that   I 

guessed what was passing in his heart。 



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     ;`But how are we��' said he�察 �to extricate you from this place�拭              �Explain 

to me the real situation of your affairs。' 

     ;As there really was not anything in my conduct so grossly improper 

as to reflect dishonour upon me�察�at least�察�in comparison with the conduct 

of other young men of a certain station in the world�察�and as a mistress is 

not considered a disgrace�察�any more than a little dexterity in drawing some 

advantage from play�察�I gave my father a candid detail of the life I had been 

leading。     As   I   recounted   each   transgression�察  �I   took   care   to   cite   some 

illustrious example in my justification�察�in order to palliate my own faults。 

     ;`I lived��' said I�察 �with a  mistress without the solemnity of   marriage。 

The Duke of  keeps two before the eyes of all Paris。                 M D has 

had one now for ten years�察�and loves her with a fidelity which he has never 

shown      to  his  wife。   Two´thirds      of  the   men    of  fashion   in  Paris   keep 

mistresses。 

     ;`I certainly have on one or two occasions cheated at play。                 Well�察�the 

Marquis of  and the Count  have no other source of revenue。                    The 

Prince of  and the Duke of  are at the head of a gang of the same 

industrious order。'      As for the designs I had upon the pockets of the two 

G Ms�察�I might just as easily have proved that I had abundant models 

for that also�察�but I had too much pride to plead guilty to this charge�察�and 

rest   on   the   justification   of   example�察  �so   that   I   begged   of   my   father   to 

ascribe my weakness on this occasion to the violence of the two passions 

which agitated meRevenge and Love。 

     ;He   asked   me   whether   I   could   suggest   any   means   of   obtaining   my 

liberty�察�and in such a way as to avoid publicity as much as possible。                      I 

told him of the kind feelings which the lieutenant´ general of police had 

expressed towards me。          `If you encounter any obstacles��' said I�察 �they will 

be   offered   only   by   the   two   G   Ms�察  �so   that   I   think   it   would   be 

advisable to call upon them。' 

     He promised to do so。 

     ;I did not dare ask him to solicit Manon's liberation�察�this was not from 

want of courage�察�but from the apprehension of exasperating him by such a 

proposition�察  �and   perhaps   driving   him   to   form   some   design   fatal   to   the 

future happiness of us both。           It remains to this hour a problem  whether 



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this fear on my part was not the immediate cause of all my most terrible 

misfortunes�察�by preventing me from ascertaining my father's disposition�察�

and endeavouring to inspire him with favourable feelings towards my poor 

mistress�此   �I  might    have   perhaps    once   more    succeeded     in  exciting   his 

commiseration�察�I might have put him on his guard against the impression 

which he was sure of receiving from a visit to old G M。                But how 

can   I   tell   what   the   consequences   would   have   been�   �My   unhappy   fate 

would have most probably counteracted all my efforts�察�but it would have 

been a consolation to have had nothing else but that�察�and the cruelty of my 

enemies�察�to blame for my afflictions。 

     ;On quitting me�察�my father went to pay a visit to M。 G M。                He 

found     him   with   his  son�察 �whom   the    guardsman      had   safely   restored   to 

liberty。   I never learned the particulars of their conversation�察�but I could 

easily   infer   them   from   the   disastrous   results。  They   went   together   ��the 

two   old   gentlemen��   to   the   lieutenant´general of   police�察 �from  whom  they 

requested one favour each�此�the first was to have me at once liberated from 

Le Chatelet�察�the second to condemn Manon to perpetual imprisonment�察�or 

to transport her for life to America。         They happened�察�at that very period�察�

to   be   sending    out   a  number      of  convicts    to  the   Mississippi。     The 

lieutenant´general promised to have her embarked on board the first vessel 

that sailed。 

     ;M。 G M and my father came together to bring me the news of 

my   liberation。    M。   G   M   said   something   civil   with   reference   to 

what   had   passed�察  �and   having   congratulated   me   upon   my   happiness   in 

having     such   a  father�察 �he   exhorted    me   to  profit  henceforward       by  his 

instruction and example。         My father desired me to express my sorrow for 

the injustice I had even contemplated against his family�察�and my gratitude 

for his having assisted in procuring my liberation。 

     ;We all left the prison together�察�without the mention of Manon's name。 

I dared not in their presence speak of her to the turnkeys。               Alas� �all my 

entreaties   in   her   favour   would   have   been   useless。   The   cruel   sentence 

upon Manon had arrived at the same time as the warrant for my discharge。 

The unfortunate girl was conducted in an hour after to the Hospital�察�to be 

there classed with some other wretched women�察�who had been condemned 



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to the same punishment。 

     ;My father having forced me to accompany him to the house where he 

was    residing�察  �it  was   near  six   o'clock   before   I  had  an   opportunity    of 

escaping his vigilance。       In returning to Le Chatelet�察�my only wish was to 

convey     some    refreshments      to  Manon�察    �and   to  recommend       her  to  the 

attention of the porter�察�for I had no hope of being permitted to see her�察�nor 

had I�察�as yet�察�had time to reflect on the best means of rescuing her。 

     ;I asked for the porter。      I had won his heart�察�as much by my liberality 

to him�察�as by the mildness of my manner�察�so that�察�having a disposition to 

serve me�察�he spoke of Manon's sentence as a calamity which he sincerely 

regretted�察�since it was calculated to mortify me。             I was at first unable to 

comprehend his meaning。            We conversed for some   minutes without my 

understanding       him。    At    length    perceiving     that  an   explanation     was 

necessary�察  �he   gave   me   such   a   one�察  �as   on   a   former   occasion   I   wanted 

courage to relate to you�察�and which�察�even now�察�makes my blood curdle in 

my veins to remember。 



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                                             XI 



       Alack� �it is not when we sleep soft and wake merrily that we think on 

other people's sufferings�察�but when the hour of trouble comes�察�said Jeanie 

Deans。! 

                                    WALTER SCOTT。 

       ;Never   did   apoplexy   produce   on   mortal   a   more   sudden   or   terrific 

effect   than   did   the   announcement   of   Manon's   sentence   upon   me。       I   fell 

prostrate�察  �with   so   intense   a   palpitation   of   the   heart�察  �that   as   I   swooned   I 

thought that death itself was come upon me。                 This idea continued even 

after I had   been   restored to   my  senses。       I   gazed   around   me   upon   every 

part   of   the   room�察  �then   upon   my   own   paralysed   limbs�察  �doubting�察  �in   my 

delirium�察�whether I still bore about me the attributes of a living man。                It is 

quite   certain   that�察  �in   obedience   to   the   desire   I   felt   of   terminating  my 

sufferings�察 �even   by   my  own   hand�察 �nothing   could   have   been   to   me   more 

welcome   than   death   at   that   moment   of   anguish   and   despair。      Religion 

itself could depict nothing more insupportable after death than the racking 

agony with which I was then convulsed。                Yet�察�by a miracle�察�only within 

the power of omnipotent love�察�I soon regained strength enough to express 

my gratitude to Heaven for restoring me to sense and reason。                    My death 

could have only been a relief and blessing to myself�察�whereas Manon had 

occasion for  my  prolonged   existence�察 �in order to deliver herto succour 

herto avenge her wrongs�此�I swore to devote that existence unremittingly 

to these objects。 

     ;The porter gave me every assistance that I could have expected at the 

hands     of  my    oldest   friend�此  �I  accepted    his  services    with   the  liveliest 

gratitude。     `Alas��' said I to him�察 �you then are affected by my sufferings� �

The   whole   world   abandons   me�察  �my   own   father   proves   one   of   the   very 

cruellest of my persecutors�察�no 

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