My! Whew! That's a frightful place, that Bastille! Only to think of it makes my flesh crawl.

They threatened me with torture.

Do you know what torture is?
Wooden points that they stick in between your legs till your bones stick out! No, positively I will not go.

And, MORBLEU, why do you not go yourself?
For in truth, I think I have hitherto been deceived in you.

I really believe you are a man, and a violent one, too." "And you, you are a woman--a miserable woman, stupid and brutal.