[He goes through it boredly. One would think talking about himself would interest him, but he doesn't show it.]
Marquis de Sade. Full name Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade. Colonel of a force of Dragoons during the Seven Years' War. Married young by arrangement into the merchant class. First jailed for shouting blasphemies at a Prostitute. First major stint in jail the result of accusations to do with kidnapping and rape, among other things.
[He waggles his eyebrows briefly]
But were they true?
[He 'meh's in disinterest and continues on.]
Spent a total of thirty-five years, three months, and five days in various jails and asylums, most of them because my good mother-in-law had authority from the King to have me jailed on a whim -- better than causing scandal, you know. Began writing fictions. Unheard of for a man of my class. Escaped from jail twice. Sentenced to death in absentia for sodomy and giving laxatives to prostitutes. Burned at the stake in effigy. Recaptured. Released from jail after the storming of the Bastille. Took part in politics, jailed again for publishing anti-religious philosophy. Watched a majority of the executions during the Terror from my window. Spared the guillotine purely by clerical error. Have personally witnessed 2514 persons of noble blood beheaded -- I kept count. There wasn't much to do when denied company for conversation or correspondence.
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Marquis de Sade. Full name Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade. Colonel of a force of Dragoons during the Seven Years' War. Married young by arrangement into the merchant class. First jailed for shouting blasphemies at a Prostitute. First major stint in jail the result of accusations to do with kidnapping and rape, among other things.
[He waggles his eyebrows briefly]
But were they true?
[He 'meh's in disinterest and continues on.]
Spent a total of thirty-five years, three months, and five days in various jails and asylums, most of them because my good mother-in-law had authority from the King to have me jailed on a whim -- better than causing scandal, you know. Began writing fictions. Unheard of for a man of my class. Escaped from jail twice. Sentenced to death in absentia for sodomy and giving laxatives to prostitutes. Burned at the stake in effigy. Recaptured. Released from jail after the storming of the Bastille. Took part in politics, jailed again for publishing anti-religious philosophy. Watched a majority of the executions during the Terror from my window. Spared the guillotine purely by clerical error. Have personally witnessed 2514 persons of noble blood beheaded -- I kept count. There wasn't much to do when denied company for conversation or correspondence.
[He pauses to sip from his cup.]
That serves as a decent halfway mark, I think.