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"This is what I wished! Ha, tongue of dragon, heart of viper! I

care not that, infatuated with you, I scorned the Assessor, the

Count, and the Notary, that you seduced me and have now abandoned

me in my orphanhood; for that I care not! You are a man, I know

your falsity; I know that, like others, you too would be capable

of breaking your plighted troth; but I did not know that so

basely you could lie! I have been listening by your uncle's door!

So what about that child Zosia? Has she attracted your regard?

And do you traitorously lay claim to her! Hardly had you deceived

one unfortunate, when already beneath her very eyes you were

seeking new victims! Flee, but my curses will reach you-or

remain, and I will publish your perfidies to the world; your arts

will no longer corrupt others as they have corrupted me! Away! I

despise you! You are a liar, a base man!"