Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 59

Arrayed as best I am able, I follow the warden ¹ who puts me into the keeping of two strange tall fellows whose savage ² aspect doubles my fright; not a word do they utter; the carriage rolls off and we halt before an immense mansion ⁴ I soon recognize as Saint-Florent's. Silence enshrouds everything; it augments ⁵ my dread ⁶, however, my guides grasp my arms, hustle ⁷ me along, and we climb to the fourth floor; there we discover a number of small decorated apartments; they seem to me very mysterious indeed. As we progress through them every door closes shut behind us, and thus we advance till we reach a remote room in which, I notice, there are no windows; Saint-Florent awaits me, and also the man I am told is Monsieur de Cardoville, in whose hands my case rests; this heavy-set, fleshy personage, provided with a somber ⁸ and feral countenance ⁹, could have been about fifty years of age; although he was in lounging costume, 'twas readily to be seen he was a gentleman of the bar. An air of severity seemed to distinguish his entire aspect; it made a deep impression upon me. O cruel injustice ¹⁰ of Providence ¹¹! 'tis then possible Virtue ¹² may be overawed by Crime. The two men who had led me hither, and whom I was better able to make out by the gleam of the twenty candles which lit this room, were not above twenty-five and thirty years old. The first, referred to as La Rose, was a dark handsome chap with Hercules' own figure; he seemed to me the elder; the other had more effeminate features, the loveliest chestnut ¹³ locks and large brown eyes; he was at least five feet ten inches tall, a very Adonis, had the finest skin to be seen, and was called Julien. As for Saint-Florent, you are acquainted with him; as much of coarseness in his traits as in his character, yet, nevertheless, certain splendid features., ,"Everything is secured fast?" Saint-Florent asked Julien., ,"We're well shut in, yes, Monsieur," the young man replied; "your servants are off for the night in accordance with your orders and the gatekeeper, who alone is on watch, will follow his instructions to admit no one under any circumstances." These few words enlightened me, I shivered, but what could I have done, confronted as I was by four men?, , ,Whereupon Saint-Florent spoke ¹⁴ up: "Therese," said he, presenting me to Cardoville, "here is your judge, this is the man upon whom your fate depends; we have discussed your problem; but it appears to me that your crimes are of such a nature we will have much to do to come to terms about them.", ,"She has exactly forty-two witnesses against her," remarks Cardoville, who takes a seat upon Julien's knees, who kisses him upon the lips, and who permits his fingers to stray over the young man's body in the most immodest fashion; "it's a perfect age since we condemned ¹⁵ anyone to die for crimes more conclusively ¹⁶ established.", ,The warden of the prison signed the release.监狱长签发释放令 。,The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打
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