MADAME DE SAINT-ANGE — Yes, dear brother, yes, exactly,give us nothing but your f**k; we'll forgo your morals; they aretoo gentle and mild for roués of our ilk. EUGENIE — I greatly fear, Dolmancé, that this crueltyyou recommend with such warmth may somewhat influence yourpleasures; I believe I have already remarked something of the sort:you are hard when you take your pleasure; and I too might be ableto confess to feeling a few dispositions to viciousness… Inorder to clear my thoughts on the matter, please do tell me withwhat kind of an eye you view the object that serves yourpleasures? DOLMANCE — As absolutely null, that is how I view it, mydear; whether it does or does not share my enjoyment, whether itfeels contentment or whether it doesn't, whether apathy or evenpain, provided I am h

