He had a reputation in society as a man with a lively wit, whose gaiety was pleasant and formidable – which all gaiety must be in a society which would despise you if, while amusing it, you did not make it tremble a little. (“A Woman’s Vengeance”)

He had a reputation in society as a man with a lively wit, whose gaiety was pleasant and formidable – which all gaiety must be in a society which would despise you if, while amusing it, you did not make it tremble a little. (“A Woman’s Vengeance”)

– Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly –

Les Diaboliques

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