erty, Thou the Sovereign who dost allow, Thou 
the Judge who dost pardon, Thou who art full 
of Motives and of Causes, Thou who hast (it 
may be) placed within my soul the love of hor-
ror in order to turn my heart to Thee, like the 
cure which follows the knife; Oh Lord, have 
pity, have pity upon the mad men and women 
that we are! Oh Creator, is it possible that 
monsters should exist in the eyes of Him alone 
who knoweth why they exist, how they have 
made themselves, and how they would have 
made themselves, and could not?