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now just see� ─�

     ;Don't   despair�察  �sir�察─  �said   the   doctor�察   �we'll   try   to   cure   him。; And   he 

added with that same note of sorrow in his voice which George had heard�察�

;Why did you wait so long before you brought the boy to me�拭─�

     ;How was I to know what he had�拭─�cried the other。                   ;He didn't dare 

tell me�察�sirhe was afraid of my scolding him。              And in the meantime the 

disease was running its course。           When he realized that he had it�察�he went 

secretly to one of the quacks�察�who robbed him�察�and didn't cure him。                    You 

know how it is�察�sir。; 

     ;Yes�察�I know�察─�said the doctor。 

     ;Such things ought not to be permitted�察─�cried the old man。 ;What is 

our   government   about   that   it   allows   such   things   to   go   on�拭   �Take   the 

conditions   there   at   the   college   where   my  poor   boy  was   ruined。     At   the 

very gates of the building these women are waiting for the lads�                    �Ought 

they    to  be   permitted    to  debauch     young    boys    only   fifteen  years    old�拭�

Haven't we got police enough to prevent a thing like that�拭               �Tell me�察�sir� ─�

     ;One would think so�察─�said the doctor�察�patiently。 



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     ;But is it that the police don't want to�拭─�

     ;No doubt they have the same excuse as all the restthey don't know。 

Take courage�察�sir�察�we have cured worse cases than your son's。                  And some 

day�察�perhaps�察�we shall be able to change these conditions。; 

     So he went on with the man�察�leaving George with something to think 

about。     How much he could have told them about what had happened to 

that young fellow when only fifteen years old�              �It had not been altogether 

the fault of the women who were lurking outside of the college gates�察�it 

was a fact that the boy's classmates had teased him and ridiculed him�察�had 

literally made his life a torment�察�until he had yielded to temptation。 

     It was the old�察�old story of ignorant and unguided schoolboys all over 

the world�       �They thought that to be chaste was to be weak and foolish�察�

that a fellow was not a man unless he led a life of debauchery like the rest。 

And   what   did   they   know   about   these   dreadful   diseases�拭     �They   had   the 

most horrible superstitions ideas of  cures so loathsome that they  could 

not   be   set   down   in   print�察  �ideas   as   ignorant   and   destructive   as   those   of 

savages in the heart of Africa。           And you might hear them laughing and 

jesting    about   one    another's   condition。     They     might    be  afflicted   with 

diseases which would have the most terrible after´effects upon their whole 

lives and upon their familiesdiseases   which cause tens of thousands   of 

surgical operations upon women�察�and a large percentage of blindness and 

idiocy     in  childrenand     you   might    hear   them    confidently    express    the 

opinion that these diseases were no worse than a bad cold� �

     And all this mass of misery and ignorance covered over and clamped 

down by a taboo of silence�察�imposed by the horrible superstition of sex´ 

prudery�      �George      went    out   from    the  doctor's    office   trembling    with 

excitement over this situation。         Oh�察�why had not some one warned him in 

time�拭    �Why didn't the doctors and the teachers lift up their voices and tell 

young   men   about   these   frightful   dangers�拭      �He   wanted   to   go   out   in   the 

highways   and   preach   it   himselfexcept   that   he   dared   not�察  �because   he 

could not explain to the world his own sudden interest in this forbidden 

topic。 

     These was only one person he dared to talk to�此              �that was his mother 

to whom he ought to have talked many�察�many years before。 He was moved 



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to   mention   to   her   the   interview   he   had   overheard   in   the   doctor's   office。 

In a sudden burst of grief he told her of his struggles and temptations�察�he 

pleaded with her to go to Henriette once moreto tell her these things�察�and 

try to make her realize that he alone was not to blame for them�察�that they 

were   a   condition   which   prevailed   everywhere�察  �that   the   only   difference 

between her husband and other men was that he had had the misfortune to 

be caught。 

     There was pressure being applied to Henriette from several sides。 After 

all�察�what could she do�拭         �She was comfortable in her father's home�察�so far 

as the physical side of things went�察�but she knew that all her friends were 

gossiping   and   speculating   about   her   separation   from   her   husband�察  �and 

sooner   or   later   she   would   have   to   make   up   her   mind�察  �either   to   separate 

permanently   from   George          or  to  return   to  him。    There     was   not   much 

happiness for  her in   the  thought of getting   a  divorce  from  a   man   whom 

deep in her heart she loved。          She would be practically a widow the rest of 

her life�察�and the home in which poor little Gervaise would be brought up 

would not be a cheerful one。 

     George was ready to offer any terms�察�if only she would come back to 

his home。      They might live separate lives for as long as Henriette wished。 

They would have no more children until the doctor declared it was quite 

safe�察�and in the meantime he would be humble and patient�察�and would try 

his best to atone for the wrong that he had done her。 

     To these arguments Madame Dupont added others of her own。                           She 

told the girl some things which through bitter experience she had learned 

about the nature and habits of men�察�things that should be told to every girl 

before     marriage�察    �but   which    almost    all  of   them    are   left  to  find   out 

afterwards�察      �with    terrible   suffering     and    disillusionment。        Whatever 

George's sins may have been�察�he was a man who had been chastened by 

suffering�察�and would know how to value a woman's love for the rest of his 

life。   Not all   men   knew thatnot   even   those   who had been   fortunate   in 

escaping from the so´called ;shameful disease。; 

     Henriette   was   also   hearing   arguments   from   her   father�察  �who   by   this 

time had   had time  to think   things over�察 �and had   come   to   the  conclusion 

that   the   doctor   was   right。  He   had   noted   his   son´in´   law's   patience   and 



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penitence�察�and had also made sure that in spite of everything Henriette still 

loved   him。      The   baby   apparently   was   doing   well�察  �and   the   Frenchman�察�

with his strong sense of family ties�察�felt it a serious matter to separate a 

child permanently from its father。            So in the end he cast the weight of his 

influence      in  favor   of   a  reconciliation�察    �and   Henriette    returned     to  her 

husband�察�upon terms which the doctor laid down。 

     The doctor played in these negotiations the part which he had not been 

allowed   to   play   in   the   marriage。    For   the   deputy   was   now   thoroughly 

awake   to   the   importance of   the   duty  he   owed   his daughter。        In   fact�察  �he 

had   become   somewhat   of   a   ;crank;   upon   the   whole   subject。          He   had 

attended several of the doctor's clinics�察�and had read books and pamphlets 

on the subject of syphilis�察�and was now determined that there should be 

some practical steps towards reform。 

     At the outset�察�he had taken the attitude of the average legislator�察�that 

the   thing   to   do   was   to   strengthen   the   laws   against   prostitution�察  �and   to 

enforce   them   more   strictly。      He   echoed   the   cry   of   the   old   man   whom 

George had heard in the doctor's office�此             �Are there not enough police�拭─�

     ;We must go to the source�察─�he declared。                ;We must proceed against 

these miserable womenveritable poisoners that they are� ─�

     He really thought this was going to the source�                 �But the doctor was 

quick to answer his arguments。             ;Poisoners�拭─�he said。         ;You forget that 

they     have    first  been    poisoned。      Every      one    of  these    women      who 

communicates the disease has first received it from some man。; 

     Monsieur Loches advanced to his second idea�察�to punish the men。 But 

the doctor had   little  interest   in   this   idea  either。   He   had   seen   it tried   so 

many  timessuch   a law   could never   be   enforced。 What   must   come   first 

was education�察�and by this means a modification of morals。                    People must 

cease to   treat syphilis   as a   mysterious   evil�察  �of   which not   even   the   name 

could be pronounced。 

     ;But�察─  �objected   the   other�察   �one   cannot   lay   it   bare   to   children   in   our 

educational institutions� ─�

     ;Why not�拭─�asked the doctor。 

     ;Because�察  �sir�察  �there   are   curiosities   which   it   would   be   imprudent   to 

awaken。; 



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     The   doctor   became   much   excited   whenever   he   heard   this   argument。 

;You believe that you are preventing these curiosities from awakening�拭─�

he    demanded。       ;I   appeal   to   thoseboth    men    and    w
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