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Brieux
one in the world has dreaded this so much as I have; no
one has taken such infinite precautions to avoid it. My
first mistress was the wife of my best friend. I chose
her on account of him ; and him, not because I cared most
for him, but because I knew he was a man of the most
rigid morals, who watched his wife jealously and didn t
let her go about forming imprudent connections. As
for her, I kept her in absolute terror of this disease. I
told her that almost all men were taken with it, so that
she mightn t dream of being false to me. My friend
died in my arms. That was the only thing that could
have separated me from her. Then I took up with a
young seamstress. . . . Well, this was a decent girl with
a family in needy circumstances to support. Her grand
mother was an invalid, and there was an ailing father and
three little brothers. It was by my means that they all
lived. ... I told her and I let the others know that if
she played me false I should leave her at once. So then
they all watched her for me. It became a regular thing
that I should spend Sunday with them, and in that sort
of way I was able to give her a lift up. Church-going
was a respectable kind of outing for her. I rented a
pew for them and her mother used to go with her to
church; they liked seeing their name engraved on the
card. She never left the house alone. Three months
ago, when the question of my marriage came up, I had
to leave her.
Doctor. You were very happy, why did you want to
change ?
George. I wanted to settle down. My father was a
notary, and before his death he expressed a wish that I
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