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declared it�察�and perhaps it was true�察�but the most learned physicians were
sometimes deceived。
He remembered something he had read in one of the medical books。
;Dr。 Ricord maintains that after a certain period the disease is no longer
contagious。 He has proven his contentions by examples。 Today you
produce new examples to show that he is wrong� �Now�察 �I want to do
what's right�察�but surely I have the right to think it over。 And when I think
it over�察 �I realize that all the evils with which you threaten me are only
probable evils。 In spite of your desire to terrify me�察�you have been forced
to admit that possibly my marriage would not have any troublesome
consequence for my wife。;
The doctor found difficulty in restraining himself。 But he said�察 �Go
on。 I will answer you afterwards。;
And George blundered ahead in his desperation。 ;Your remedies are
powerful�察�you tell me�察�and for the calamities of which you speak to befall
me�察�I would have to be among the rare exceptionsalso my wife would
have to be among the number of those rare exceptions。 If a
mathematician were to apply the law of chance to these facts�察�the result of
his operation would show but slight chance of a catastrophe�察�as compared
with the absolute certainty of a series of misfortunes�察�sufferings�察�troubles�察�
tears�察�and perhaps tragic accidents which the breaking of my engagement
would cause。 So I say that the mathematicianwho is�察�even more than
you�察 �a man of science�察 �a man of a more infallible sciencethe
mathematician would conclude that wisdom was not with you doctors�察�but
with me。;
;You believe it�察 �sir� ─ �exclaimed the other。 ;But you deceive
yourself。; And he continued�察�driving home his point with a finger which
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seemed to George to pierce his very soul。 ;Twenty cases identical with
your own have been patiently observed�察 �from the beginning to the end。
Nineteen times the woman was infected by her husband�察�you hear me�察�sir�察�
nineteen times out of twenty� �You believe that the disease is without
danger�察�and you take to yourself the right to expose your wife to what you
call the chance of your being one of those exceptions�察 �for whom our
remedies are without effect。 Very well�察 �it is necessary that you should
know the disease which your wife�察 �without being consulted�察 �will run a
chance of contracting。 Take that book�察�sir�察�it is the work of my teacher。
Read it yourself。 Here�察�I have marked the passage。;
He held out the open book�察�but George could not lift a hand to take it。
;You do not wish to read it�拭─ �the other continued。 ;Listen to me。;
And in a voice trembling with passion�察 �he read�此 �'I have watched the
spectacle of an unfortunate young woman�察�turned into a veritable monster
by means of a syphilitic infection。 Her face�察�or rather let me say what
was left of her face�察�was nothing but a flat surface seamed with scars。';
George covered his face�察�exclaiming�察 �Enough�察�sir� �Have mercy� ─�
But the other cried�察 �No�察 �no� �I will go to the very end。 I have a
duty to perform�察 �and I will not be stopped by the sensibility of your
nerves。;
He went on reading�此 �'Of the upper lip not a trace was left�察�the ridge
of the upper gums appeared perfectly bare。'; But then at the young man's
protests�察�his resolution failed him。 ;Come�察─�he said�察 �I will stop。 I am
sorry for youyou who accept for another person�察�for the woman you say
you love�察�the chance of a disease which you cannot even endure to hear
described。 Now�察 �from whom did that woman get syphilis�拭 �It is not I
who am speaking�察�it is the book。 'From a miserable scoundrel who was
not afraid to enter into matrimony when he had a secondary eruption。'
All that was established later on'and who�察�moreover�察�had thought it best
not to let his wife be treated for fear of awakening her suspicions��';
The doctor closed the book with a bang。 ;What that man has done�察�
sir�察�is what you want to do。;
George was edging toward the door�察 �he could no longer look the
doctor in the eye。 ;I should deserve all those epithets and still more
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brutal ones if I should marry�察�knowing that my marriage would cause such
horrors。 But that I do not believe。 You and your teachersyou are
specialists�察�and consequently you are driven to attribute everything to the
disease you make the subject of your studies。 A tragic case�察 �an
exceptional case�察 �holds a kind of fascination for you�察 �you think it can
never be talked about enough。;
;I have heard that argument before�察─�said the doctor�察�with an effort at
patience。
;Let me go on�察�I beg you�察─�pleaded George。 ;You have told me that
out of every seven men there is one syphilitic。 You have told me that
there are one hundred thousand in Paris�察 �coming and going�察 �alert�察 �and
apparently well。;
;It is true�察─�said the doctor�察 �that there are one hundred thousand who
are actually at this moment not visibly under the influence of the disease。
But many thousands have passed into our hospitals�察 �victims of the most
frightful ravages that our poor bodies can support。 Theseyou do not see
them�察�and they do not count for you。 But again�察�if it concerned no one
but yourself�察 �you might be able to argue thus。 What I declare to you�察�
what I affirm with all the violence of my conviction�察�is that you have not
the right to expose a human creature to such chancesrare�察�as I know�察�but
terrible�察�as I know still better。 What have you to answer to that�拭─�
;Nothing�察─�stammered George�察�brought to his knees at last。 ;You are
right about that。 I don't know what to think。;
;And in forbidding you marriage�察─�continued the doctor�察 �is it the same
as if I forbade it forever�拭 �Is it the same as if I told you that you could
never be cured�拭 �On the contrary�察 �I hold out to you every hope�察 �but I
demand of you a delay of three or four years�察�because it will take me that
time to find out if you are among the number of those unfortunate ones
whom I pity with all my heart�察 �for whom the disease is without mercy�察�
because during that time you will be dangerous to your wife and to your
children。 The children I have not yet mentioned to you。;
Here the doctor's voice trembled slightly。 He spoke with moving
eloquence。 ;Come�察 �sir�察 �you are an honest man�察 �you are too young for
such things not to move you�察 �you are not insensible to duty。 It is
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impossible that I shan't be able to find a way to your heart�察�that I shan't be
able to make you obey me。 My emotion in speaking to you proves that I
appreciate your suffering�察�that I suffer with you。 It is in the name of my
sincerity that I implore you。 You have admitted itthat you have not the
right to expose your wife to such miseries。 But it is not only your wife
that you strike�察�you may attack in her your own children。 I exclude you
for a moment from my thoughtyou and her。 It is in the name of these
innocents that I implore you�察�it is the future�察�it is the race that I defend。
Listen to me�察 �listen to me� �Out of the twenty households of which I
spoke�察�only fifteen had children�察�these fifteen had twenty´eight。 Do you
know how many out of these twenty´eight survived�拭 �Three�察�sir� �Three
out of twenty´eight� �Syphilis is above everything a murderer of children。
Herod reigns in France�察�and over all the earth�察 �and begins each year his
massacre of the innocents�察 �and if it be not blasphemy against the
sacredness of life�察 �I say that the most happy are those who have
disappeared。 Visit our children's hospitals� �We know too well the child
of syphilitic parents�察 �the type is classical�察 �the doctors can pick it out
anywhere。 Those little old creatures who have the appearance of having
already lived�察�and who have kept the stigmata of all out infirmities�察�of all
our decay。 They are the victims of fathers who have married�察 �being
ignorant of what you knowthings which I should like to go and cry out in
the public places。;
The doctor paused�察 �and then in a solemn voice continued�此 �I have
told you all�察�without exaggeration。
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