Justine (1957) NOTE

The characters in this story, the first of a group, are all inventions together with the personality of the narrator, and bear no resemblance to living persons. Only the city is real.

I am accustoming¹ myself to the idea of regarding every sexual act as a process in which four persons are involved. We shall have a lot to discuss about that.

S. FREUD : Letters

There are two positions available to us — either crime which renders us happy, or the noose², which prevents us from being unhappy. I ask whether there can be any hesitation³, lovely Thérèse, and where will your little mind find an argument able to combat that one?

D. A. F. DE SADE : Justine
To

EVE
these memorials of her native city

1 accustoming   

v.（使）习惯于( accustom的现在分词 )

参考例句：

2 noose   

n.绳套，绞索（刑）；v.用套索捉；使落入圈套；处以绞刑

参考例句：

• They tied a noose round her neck.他们在她脖子上系了一个活扣。
• A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上。

3 hesitation   

n.犹豫，踌躇

参考例句：

• After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天，他终于直说了。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。