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Gertrude shall be comforted and the slanderers punished。
For poor Valerian was right； and there is an Avenger； in whom even
my progenitor believes； and before whom he trembles。
There will come a time when those self…satisfied ones； whose hands
are all the time steeped in blood； shall be confronted with me； and shall
realise to the full all that their idle words have brought about。
For that day I wait； and though afterwards I shall be finally destroyed
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SLANDER
in the general destruction of all that is unmitigatedly evil； I promise myself
a certain satisfaction and pleasure （a feeling I doubtless inherit from my
progenitor）； when I watch the shame； and horror； and remorse of Mrs。
O'Reilly and the rest of the people to whom I owe my existence and rapid
growth。
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