517 The Marquis de Sade
The History of Literature
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The Countess's Sacrifices
"I become a whore from kindness, a libertine through virtue," writes the madam. "Mr. Nod remained delirious for ten minutes... flailing his arms, staggering, reeling like one falling in a fit of epileptic fits." The Countess was placed on her back and suspended by two black straps while boys plumbed her with incense-laced licks. When they were finished, Mr. Nod said: "Come Countess, your arms!" He seizes her ferociously, places her as I was placed, arms suspended by twoblack straps.
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