Surely，sir，youcannotdesirethatmydaughtershouldcontinuetolivewithamanwhohasstruckhersobrutal，socowardly，ablow。\"
\"IfIrefuseyourrequest，\"thedoctoranswered，\"itisintheinterestofyourdaughter。\"Then，seeingtheother’sexcitementreturning，hecontinued，\"Inyourstateofmind，MonsieurLoches，Iknowthatyouwillprobablybeabusingmebeforefiveminuteshaspassed。Butthatwillnottroubleme。Ihaveseenmanycases。AndsinceIhavemadethemistakeoflettingmyselfbetrappedintothisdiscussion，Imustexplaintoyouthereasonformyattitude。Youaskofmeacertificatesothatyoumayproveincourtthatyourson—in—lawisafflictedwithsyphilis。\"
\"Precisely，\"saidtheother。
\"Andhaveyounotreflecteduponthis——thatatthesametimeyouwillbepubliclyattestingthatyourdaughterhasbeenexposedtothecontagion？Withsuchanadmission，anadmissionofficiallyregisteredinthepublicrecords，doyoubelievethatshewillfinditeasytore—marrylateron？\"
\"Shewillneverre—marry，\"saidthefather。