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convinced that this man has criminal instincts, the
answer is in this particular case in the
affirmative.”
“Could you make him give up the Countess?”
“Not unless he wished it himself and submitted
to a methodic treatment by hypnotic suggestion.
Even so it would take considerable time, the
sexual instinct being the strongest force in human
nature.”
“Promise me to keep out of his way, he says
he is going to horsewhip you the first time he
meets you.”
“He is welcome to try, I know how to deal
with such an emergency, don’t worry. I am
quite capable of taking care of myself.”
“Luckily he is with his regiment at Tours and
not likely to return to Paris for a long time.”
“My dear Abbé, you are far more naïve than I
thought, he is actually in Monte Carlo with the
Countess and will be back in Paris when she
returns from her change of air.”
The very next day I was asked to see the Count
professionally. The Abbé was right, I found the
Count in a very unsatisfactory condition both
physically and mentally. You cannot do much
for an elderly gentleman who sits in his armchair
the whole day smoking endless cigars, thinking
of nothing but his beautiful young wife who has
gone to Monte Carlo for a change of air. Neither
can you do much for him when she returns to
resume her position as one of the most admired
and coveted ladies of the Paris society, spending
her days at Worth’s trying on new gowns and her
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