Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 15

"But my aunt is the creature I am going to destroy.... Oh, Therese, in a philosopher's view how frivolous ¹ are these consanguinary ties! Forgive me, but I do not even wish to discuss them, so futile ² are they. These contemptible ³ chains, fruit of our laws and our political institutions can they mean anything to Nature?, ,"Desert your prejudices, Therese, leave them behind, and serve me; your fortune is made.", ,"Oh Monsieur !" I replied, terrified by the Comte de Bressac, "your mind invents this theory of an impassive, indifferent Nature; deign ⁴ rather to heed ⁵ your heart, and you will hear it condemn ⁶ all libertinage's false reasonings. Is not that heart, to whose tribunal I recommend you, the sanctuary ⁷ where this Nature you outrage ⁸ wishes to be heard and respected? If she engraves ⁹ upon it the extreme horror of the crime you meditate ¹⁰, will you grant me it is a damnable one? Passions, I know, are blinding you at the present moment, but once they subside ¹¹, how will you not be torn by remorse ¹²?, , ,As I uttered these words tears returned to my eyes, I sank to my knees before the Count; by all that is most holy I did implore ²⁰ him to let fade into oblivion an infamous ²¹ aberration ²² I swore to him all my life I would conceal ²³.... But I did not know the man with whom I was dealing ²⁴; I knew not to what point passions had enthroned crime in that perverse ²⁵ soul. The Count rose and spoke ²⁶ in a voice of ice., ,"I see very well I was mistaken, Therese," said he. "I regret it, perhaps as much on your account as on my own; no matter, I shall discover other means, and it will be much you shall have lost without your mistress gaining anything.", ,He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。,They were killed,to the last man,in a futile attack.因为进攻失败，他们全部被杀 ，无一幸免 。