3.The Letter
One grows weary of everything, my angel.
It is the law of nature, it is not my fault.
If for example I had as much love as you have virtue,
and that is surely saying a lot,
is it not astonishing that we should end at
the same time as the other ？
It is not my fault.
From this,
it follows that for some time I have been deceiving you.
But then, your pitiless affection forced me as it were
to do so.
It is not my fault.
Today, a woman I love madly insists that I sacrifice you
to her.
It is not my fault.
I realise that this is a fine opportunity for crying out
on perjury, but if nature's only given men assurance,
or if she gave women obstinacy, it is not my fault.
Take my advice： choose another lover,
as I have chosen another mistress.
This is good advice.
Very good.
If you think it bad, it is not my fault.
Farewell, my angel, I took you with pleasure,
I abandon you without regret.
Perhaps I will come back, to you.
So goes the world, it is not my fault.
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