you a grudge, too, if this bullet
weren't in my shoulder. Now this is it: we'll return after my scratch is
dressed. Naturally we will be some while without seeing you again,
Peltier. Aren't you on a trip?
(to Peltier) And your hand.
(curtain)
* Translator's note. This final speech reads a little strangely and not just
in translation because the idea behind it is a little strange. Aubin's idea
is something like this: "The world condemns you, Peltier, for tampering
with my wife, and I would too, but for the fact you've put a bullet in my
shoulder which proves you're a man of honor, etc." I don't feel justified
in incorporating the explanatory material into the text so the best I can
do is offer this footnote.
End of the Project Gutenberg Etext of Madame Aubin by Paul Verlaine,
translated by Frank J. Morlock.
Madame Aubin (tr F. Morlock)
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