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"

I

suppose

honour

and

virtue

do

exist

--

"

he

answered

--

"

And

when

they

are

existent

of

course

they

can

not

be

bought

.

But

my

experience

has

taught

me

that

I

can

always

buy

everything

.

The

sentiments

called

honour

and

virtue

by

the

majority

of

men

are

the

most

shifty

things

imaginable

--

set

sufficient

cash

down

,

and

they

become

bribery

and

corruption

in

the

twinkling

of

an

eye

!

Curious

--

very

curious

.

I

confess

I

found

a

case

of

unpurchaseable

integrity

once

,

but

only

once

.

I

may

find

it

again

,

though

I

consider

the

chance

a

very

doubtful

one

.

Now

to

revert

to

myself

,

pray

do

not

imagine

I

am

playing

the

humbug

with

you

or

passing

myself

off

under

a

bogus

title

.

I

am

a

bona-fide

prince

,

believe

me

,

and

of

such

descent

as

none

of

your

oldest

families

can

boast

--

but

my

dominions

are

long

since

broken

up

and

my

former

subjects

dispersed

among

all

nations

--

anarchy

,

nihilism

,

disruption

and

political

troubles

generally

,

compel

me

to

be

rather

reticent

concerning

my

affairs

.

Money

I

fortunately

have

in

plenty

--

and

with

that

I

pave

my

way

.

Some

day

when

we

are

better

acquainted

,

you

shall

know

more

of

my

private

history

.

I

have

various

other

names

and

titles

besides

that

on

my

card

--

but

I

keep

to

the

simplest

of

them

,

because

most

people

are

such

bunglers

at

the

pronunciation

of

foreign

names

.

My

intimate

friends

generally

drop

my

title

,

and

call

me

Lucio

simply

.

"

"

That

is

your

christian

name

--

?

"

I

began

.

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"

Not

at

all

--

I

have

no

'

christian

'

name

,

"

--

he

interrupted

swiftly

and

with

anger

--

"

There

is

no

such

thing

as

'

christian

'

in

my

composition

!

"

He

spoke

with

such

impatience

that

for

a

moment

I

was

at

a

loss

for

a

reply

.

At

last

--

"

Indeed

!

"

I

murmured

vaguely

.

He

burst

out

laughing

.

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"

'

Indeed

!

'

That

is

all

you

can

find

to

say

!

Indeed

and

again

indeed

the

word

'

christian

'

vexes

me

.

There

is

no

such

creature

alive

.

You

are

not

a

Christian

--

no

one

is

really

--

people

pretend

to

be

--

and

in

so

damnable

an

act

of

feigning

are

more

blasphemous

than

any

fallen

fiend

!

Now

I

make

no

pretences

of

the

kind

--

I

have

only

one

faith

--

"

"

And

that

is

?

"

--

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