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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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