andthat，beforewritingmyletters，Ihadcomposedromances\"—I，whoneverreadoneinmylife，andwhodonotknowsomuchasthenamesofthosewhichyourapologisthaspublished？Whatcanbesaidinreplytoallthis，fathers，ifyoudonotmentionthenamesofallthesepersonsyoureferto，theirwords，thetime，andtheplace，except—Mentirisimpudentissime？
Youshouldeitherbesilentaltogether，orrelateandproveallthecircumstances，asIdidwhenItoldyoutheanecdotesofFatherAlbyandJohnd’Alba。
Otherwise，youwillhurtnonebutyourselves。Yournumerousfablesmight，perhaps，havedoneyousomeservice，beforeyourprincipleswereknown；
butnowthatthewholehasbeenbroughttolight，whenyoubegintowhisperasusual，\"Amanofhonor，whodesiredustoconcealhisname，hastoldussomehorriblestoriesofthesesamepeople\"—youwillbecutshortatonce，andremindedoftheCapuchin’s\"Mentirisimpudentissime。\"Toolongbyfarhaveyoubeenpermittedtodeceivetheworld，andtoabusetheconfidencewhichmenwerereadytoplaceinyourcalumniousaccusations。Itishightimetoredeemthereputationofthemultitudeswhomyouhavedefamed。
Forwhatinnocencecanbesogenerallyknown，asnottosuffersomeinjuryfromthedaringaspersionsofabodyofmenscatteredoverthefaceoftheearth，andwho，underreligioushabits，concealmindssoutterlyirreligiousthattheyperpetratecrimeslikecalumny，notinoppositionto，butinstrictaccordancewith，theirmoralmaxims？Icannot，therefore，beblamedfordestroyingthecreditwhichmighthavebeenawardedyou，seeingitmustbeallowedtobeamuchgreateractofjusticetorestoretothevictimsofyourobloquythecharacterwhichtheydidnotdeservetolose，thantoleaveyouinthepossessionofareputationforsinceritywhichyoudonotdeservetoenjoy。And，astheonecouldnotbedonewithouttheother，howimportantwasittoshowyouuptotheworldasyoureallyare！