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This
speech
calmed
me
.
I
was
firmly
convinced
in
my
own
mind
that
Justine
,
and
indeed
every
human
being
,
was
guiltless
of
this
murder
.
I
had
no
fear
,
therefore
,
that
any
circumstantial
evidence
could
be
brought
forward
strong
enough
to
convict
her
.
My
tale
was
not
one
to
announce
publicly
;
its
astounding
horror
would
be
looked
upon
as
madness
by
the
vulgar
.
Did
any
one
indeed
exist
,
except
I
,
the
creator
,
who
would
believe
,
unless
his
senses
convinced
him
,
in
the
existence
of
the
living
monument
of
presumption
and
rash
ignorance
which
I
had
let
loose
upon
the
world
?
We
were
soon
joined
by
Elizabeth
.
Time
had
altered
her
since
I
last
beheld
her
;
it
had
endowed
her
with
loveliness
surpassing
the
beauty
of
her
childish
years
.
There
was
the
same
candour
,
the
same
vivacity
,
but
it
was
allied
to
an
expression
more
full
of
sensibility
and
intellect
.
She
welcomed
me
with
the
greatest
affection
.
"
Your
arrival
,
my
dear
cousin
,
"
said
she
,
"
fills
me
with
hope
.
You
perhaps
will
find
some
means
to
justify
my
poor
guiltless
Justine
.
Alas
!
who
is
safe
,
if
she
be
convicted
of
crime
?
I
rely
on
her
innocence
as
certainly
as
I
do
upon
my
own
.
Our
misfortune
is
doubly
hard
to
us
;
we
have
not
only
lost
that
lovely
darling
boy
,
but
this
poor
girl
,
whom
I
sincerely
love
,
is
to
be
torn
away
by
even
a
worse
fate
.
If
she
is
condemned
,
I
never
shall
know
joy
more
.
But
she
will
not
,
I
am
sure
she
will
not
;
and
then
I
shall
be
happy
again
,
even
after
the
sad
death
of
my
little
William
.
"
"
She
is
innocent
,
my
Elizabeth
,
"
said
I
,
"
and
that
shall
be
proved
;
fear
nothing
,
but
let
your
spirits
be
cheered
by
the
assurance
of
her
acquittal
.
"
"
How
kind
and
generous
you
are
!
every
one
else
believes
in
her
guilt
,
and
that
made
me
wretched
,
for
I
knew
that
it
was
impossible
:
and
to
see
every
one
else
prejudiced
in
so
deadly
a
manner
rendered
me
hopeless
and
despairing
.
"
She
wept
.
"
Dearest
niece
,
"
said
my
father
,
"
dry
your
tears
.
If
she
is
,
as
you
believe
,
innocent
,
rely
on
the
justice
of
our
laws
,
and
the
activity
with
which
I
shall
prevent
the
slightest
shadow
of
partiality
.
"
We
passed
a
few
sad
hours
until
eleven
o'clock
,
when
the
trial
was
to
commence
.
My
father
and
the
rest
of
the
family
being
obliged
to
attend
as
witnesses
,
I
accompanied
them
to
the
court
.
During
the
whole
of
this
wretched
mockery
of
justice
I
suffered
living
torture
.
It
was
to
be
decided
whether
the
result
of
my
curiosity
and
lawless
devices
would
cause
the
death
of
two
of
my
fellow
beings
:
one
a
smiling
babe
full
of
innocence
and
joy
,
the
other
far
more
dreadfully
murdered
,
with
every
aggravation
of
infamy
that
could
make
the
murder
memorable
in
horror
.
Justine
also
was
a
girl
of
merit
and
possessed
qualities
which
promised
to
render
her
life
happy
;
now
all
was
to
be
obliterated
in
an
ignominious
grave
,
and
I
the
cause
!
A
thousand
times
rather
would
I
have
confessed
myself
guilty
of
the
crime
ascribed
to
Justine
,
but
I
was
absent
when
it
was
committed
,
and
such
a
declaration
would
have
been
considered
as
the
ravings
of
a
madman
and
would
not
have
exculpated
her
who
suffered
through
me
.
The
appearance
of
Justine
was
calm
.
She
was
dressed
in
mourning
,
and
her
countenance
,
always
engaging
,
was
rendered
,
by
the
solemnity
of
her
feelings
,
exquisitely
beautiful
.
Yet
she
appeared
confident
in
innocence
and
did
not
tremble
,
although
gazed
on
and
execrated
by
thousands
,
for
all
the
kindness
which
her
beauty
might
otherwise
have
excited
was
obliterated
in
the
minds
of
the
spectators
by
the
imagination
of
the
enormity
she
was
supposed
to
have
committed
.
She
was
tranquil
,
yet
her
tranquillity
was
evidently
constrained
;
and
as
her
confusion
had
before
been
adduced
as
a
proof
of
her
guilt
,
she
worked
up
her
mind
to
an
appearance
of
courage
.
When
she
entered
the
court
she
threw
her
eyes
round
it
and
quickly
discovered
where
we
were
seated
.
A
tear
seemed
to
dim
her
eye
when
she
saw
us
,
but
she
quickly
recovered
herself
,
and
a
look
of
sorrowful
affection
seemed
to
attest
her
utter
guiltlessness
.
The
trial
began
,
and
after
the
advocate
against
her
had
stated
the
charge
,
several
witnesses
were
called
.
Several
strange
facts
combined
against
her
,
which
might
have
staggered
anyone
who
had
not
such
proof
of
her
innocence
as
I
had
.
She
had
been
out
the
whole
of
the
night
on
which
the
murder
had
been
committed
and
towards
morning
had
been
perceived
by
a
market-woman
not
far
from
the
spot
where
the
body
of
the
murdered
child
had
been
afterwards
found
.
The
woman
asked
her
what
she
did
there
,
but
she
looked
very
strangely
and
only
returned
a
confused
and
unintelligible
answer
.
She
returned
to
the
house
about
eight
o'clock
,
and
when
one
inquired
where
she
had
passed
the
night
,
she
replied
that
she
had
been
looking
for
the
child
and
demanded
earnestly
if
anything
had
been
heard
concerning
him
.
When
shown
the
body
,
she
fell
into
violent
hysterics
and
kept
her
bed
for
several
days
.
The
picture
was
then
produced
which
the
servant
had
found
in
her
pocket
;
and
when
Elizabeth
,
in
a
faltering
voice
,
proved
that
it
was
the
same
which
,
an
hour
before
the
child
had
been
missed
,
she
had
placed
round
his
neck
,
a
murmur
of
horror
and
indignation
filled
the
court
.
Justine
was
called
on
for
her
defence
.
As
the
trial
had
proceeded
,
her
countenance
had
altered
.
Surprise
,
horror
,
and
misery
were
strongly
expressed
.
Sometimes
she
struggled
with
her
tears
,
but
when
she
was
desired
to
plead
,
she
collected
her
powers
and
spoke
in
an
audible
although
variable
voice
.
"
God
knows
,
"
she
said
,
"
how
entirely
I
am
innocent
.
But
I
do
not
pretend
that
my
protestations
should
acquit
me
;
I
rest
my
innocence
on
a
plain
and
simple
explanation
of
the
facts
which
have
been
adduced
against
me
,
and
I
hope
the
character
I
have
always
borne
will
incline
my
judges
to
a
favourable
interpretation
where
any
circumstance
appears
doubtful
or
suspicious
.
"
