"Pray read it." This is what I read: "You must have seen for yourself that I was incapable of insulting you and Miss Cristel by an outbreak of jealousy, when I found you together just now.

Only remember that we all have our weaknesses, and that it is my hard lot to be in a state of contest with the inherited evil which is the calamity of my life.

With your encouragement, I may resist temptation in the future, and keep the better part of me in authority over my thoughts and actions.

But, be on your guard, and advise Miss Cristel to be on her guard, against false appearances.

As we all know, they lie like truth.