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have been too explicit, not sufficiently reticent, about the chapel activities at the beginning; must not elaborate upon them until after the stories in which they are mentioned.<br><br>    Said too much about active and passive sodomy; conceal that until the stories have discussed it.<br><br>    I was wrong to have made Duclos react strongly to the death of her sister; that doesn't sort with the rest of her character; change it.<br><br>    If I said Aline was a virgin upon arrival at the château, that was an error: she isn't, and could not be. The Bishop has depucelated her in every sector.<br><br>    And not having been able to reread all this, there must be a swarm of other mistakes.<br><br>    When later I put the text in final order, I must be particularly careful to have a notebook beside me at all times; I'll have to put down very exact mention of each happening and each portrait as I write it; otherwise, I'll get horribly confused because of the multitude of characters.<br><br>    For the Second Part, begin with the assumption Augustine and Zéphyr are already sleeping in the Duc's bedchamber in the First Part; likewise Adonis and Zelmire in Curval's, Hyacinthe and Fanny in Durcet's, Céladon and Sophie in the Bishop's, even though none of them has been deflowered yet.<br><br>