You alone are responsible for it! I have rendered myself frightfully ridiculous forever; I have committed one of those errors of which memory is never effaced—and by your fault, wicked one! Oh! If I had known!

Wait! I take courage from writing and have decided to tell you all. But promise me not to laugh too much. And do not expect a comedy. It is a drama.

In this excerpt from “The Wedding Night,” the reader is led to believe that _____.

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You alone are responsible for it! I have rendered myself frightfully ridiculous forever; I have committed one of those errors of which memory is never effaced—and by your fault, wicked one! Oh! If I had known!

Wait! I take courage from writing and have decided to tell you all. But promise me not to laugh too much. And do not expect a comedy. It is a drama.

In this excerpt from “The Wedding Night,” the reader is led to believe that _____.