Note 18 — LETTER THE FIFTY-FIRST THE MARQUISE DE MERTEUIL TO THE VICOMTE DE VALMONT
Ernest Christopher Dowson translation
The reader must have guessed already, by the conduct of Madame de Merteuil, how little respect she had for religion. This passage would have been suppressed, only it was thought that, whilst showing results, one ought not to neglect to make the causes known.