Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 12

"My little dove," said the Count, severity in his tone, "if you are looking for dupes, improve your style; neither my friend nor I ever sacrifice at your sex's impure ¹ temple; if it is money you are begging, look for people who are fond of good works, we never perform any of that description.... But, wretch ², out with it: did you see what passed between Monsieur and me?", ,"I saw you conversing ³ together upon the sward," I replied, "nothing more, Monsieur, I assure you.", ,"I should like to believe it," said the Count, "for your own good; were I to imagine you had seen anything else, never would you emerge alive from where we are.... Jasmin, it is early, we have time to hear the girl's adventures, and afterward ⁴ we will see what's to be done with her.", , ,"Well, Jasmin," said Monsieur de Bressac as soon as I had finished, "for once let us be just: the equitable ⁸ Themis has doomed ⁹ this creature, let us not suffer the Goddess' designs to be thwarted ¹⁰ so cruelly: let us expose the delinquent ¹¹ to the death penalty she has incurred ¹²: this little murder, far from being a crime, will merely take its place as a reparation in the moral scheme; since sometimes we have the misfortune to disturb that order, let us at least courageously ¹³ make amends ¹⁴ when the occasion arises....", ,And the cruel men, having laid hands upon me, dragged me toward the wood, laughing at my tears and screams., ,Impure drinking water is a cause of disease.不洁的饮用水是引发疾病的一个原因 。,You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他 ，还埋怨他，真不知好歹。