![]() What they arranged was as follows: the Duc de Blangis, thrice a widower and sire of two daughters one wife had given him, having noticed that the Président de Curval appeared interested in marrying the elder of these girls, despite the familiarities he knew perfectly well her father had indulged in with her, the Duc, I say, suddenly conceived the idea of a triple alliance. These two illustrious figures, through their pleasures and business closely associated with the celebrated Durcet and the Président de Curval, were the first to hit upon the debauch we propose to chronicle, and having communicated the scheme to their two friends, all four agreed to assume the major roles in these unusual orgies.įor above six years these four libertines, kindred through their wealth and tastes, had thought to strengthen their ties by means of alliances in which debauchery had by far a heavier part than any of the other motives that ordinarily serve as a basis for such bonds. The Duc de Blangis and his brother the Bishop of X***, each of whom had thuswise amassed immense fortunes, are in themselves solid proof that, like the others, the nobility neglected no opportunities to take this road to wealth. One must not suppose that it was exclusively the low-born and vulgar sort which did this swindling gentlemen of the highest note led the pack. It was toward the close of this period, and not long before the Regent sought, by means of the famous tribunal which goes under the name of the Chambre de Justice, to flush this multitude of traffickers, that four of them conceived the idea for the singular revels whereof we are going to give an account. The end of this so very sublime reign was perhaps one of the periods in the history of the French Empire when one saw the emergence of the greatest number of these mysterious fortunes whose origins are as obscure as the lust and debauchery that accompany them. The extensive wars wherewith Louis XIV was burdened during his reign, while draining the State's treasury and exhausting the substance of the people, none the less contained the secret that led to the prosperity of a swarm of those bloodsuckers who are always on the watch for public calamities, which, instead of appeasing, they promote or invent so as, precisely, to be able to profit from them the more advantageously. ![]() The original scroll manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom Introduction Depending on how quickly the player beats the game, the song can actually be longer than the total playtime.Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom (1785), translated by Richard Seaver and Austryn Wainhouse. The player then has to ascend one of the chambers, grab a torch, and burn the rope to drop a chandelier on the boss and win the game.Īfter the game, the player is treated to a " Still Alive"-esque song about what has happened in the game and how short it was. There are two chambers, on on either side, filled with torches. ![]() Players are free to shoot him as much as they like but the boss regenerates health at an alarming rate: thus the players need to remember the games title. Also, you can't really die")Īt the end of the tunnel is a large, black square called the Grinning Colossus. (right-clicking any time during the game reveals a fourth instruction: "4.
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