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Is it possible that,
beneath the sacred mantle of friendship...
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But how did it happen?
Tell me of the singular event.
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The night
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was already quite advanced,
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when in my rooms,
where I was unfortunately alone,
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I saw enter, wrapped in a cloak
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a man, whom at first I took for you.
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But then I realized I was wrong.
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Heavens! Go on!
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Silently he approached me
and wanted to embrace me.
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I tried to free myself,
but he held me tighter.
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I cried out!
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But no one came!
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With one hand he tried to silence me,
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and with the other he held me so tightly
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that I thought myself defeated.
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Perfidy! And then?
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Finally the pain,
the horror of his vile attack
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increased my strength,
so that in trying to free myself,
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twisting and turning,
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I escaped from him.
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Alas! I breathe again.
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I then redoubled my screams,
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I cried for help,
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the knave fled.