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The pain you have suffered...
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will be compounded
by the pain you have caused.

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lt all turns on the question,
do you have to do it?

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Do you feel so injured, insulted, incensed...
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that one of you must die, he or you?
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ls that the position?
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l don't know.
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You have to know.
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No, that's not how it is.
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How is it then?
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The thing is...
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I'm desperateIy unhappy.
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I've been injured and shamefuIIy deceived.
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NevertheIess...
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I harbour no feeIings of hatred.
I don't even thirst for revenge.

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And if l ask myself why not...
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all l can say is, the time that has passed.
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People always talk about inexpiable guilt.
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ln God's eyes, that is wrong,
and in man's eyes, too.

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l would never have believed
that time could have such an effect.

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What is more...
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l love my wife.
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Strange as it may seem, l still love her...
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and however terrible l find these things...
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I am so captivated by her good nature...
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and her own serene charm...
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that, in spite of myseIf,
in my heart of hearts...

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I'm incIined to forgive her.
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Can understand you entirely.
Might feel the same way myself.

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But if that's how you feel, and you say:
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''l love this woman so much
l can forgive everything''...

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and if one considers
that this happened long, long ago...

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like something on a distant star...
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if that's the case, lnnstetten, l ask you...
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does it have to be?
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What's the good of it?

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