Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 52

Then the baroness ¹ drew me aside., ,"Therese," says she, "am I in error? are you not the person I saved from the Conciergerie ten years ago? have you entirely ² forgotten your Dubois ?", ,Little flattered by this discovery, I however replied to it with politeness, but I was dealing ³ with the most subtle, the most adroit ⁴ woman in contemporary France; there was no way of eluding ⁵ her. Dubois overwhelmed me with attentions, she said that she, like the entire town, had taken an interest in my fate but that had she known who I really was, she would have resorted to all sorts of measures and made many a representation to the magistrates ⁶, amongst whom, she declared, she had several friends. As usual, I was weak, I permitted myself to be led to this woman's room and there I related my sufferings to her., , ,"O Madame," I cried, "if you owe all that to naught ⁸ but crime, Providence ⁹, which eventually is always just, will not suffer you to enjoy it for long.", ,"An error," said Dubois; "do not imagine that Providence invariably favors Virtue; do not let a brief interlude of prosperity blind you to this point. It is as one to the maintenance of Providence's scheme whether 'tis Peter or Paul who follows the evil career while the other surrenders himself to good; Nature must have an equal quantity of each, and the exercise of crime rather than the commission of good is a matter of you've no idea what indifference ¹⁰ to her; listen Therese, pay a little attention to me," continued that corruptor, seating herself and bidding me take a nearby chair; "you have some wit, my child, and your intelligence will be speedily convinced., ,The baroness,who had signed,returned the pen to the notary.男爵夫人这时已签过字 ，把笔交回给律师 。,The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的
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