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For me it was impossible to associate with a demi-vierge.

Well, Monsieur, I have told you that, in Alexandria, I was of necessity a friend of the demi-vierge, and I am familiar with the significant change in the tone of these women when they have secured a wealthy lover.

Marcel Prevost justifies his unpleasant discourse on the plea that modern education tends more and more to develop the type "demi-vierge," and that, if the education of the young girl be not greatly modified, "Christian marriage will perish."

Who, even if this little fool were merely demi-vierge, would hesitate between them?

The French type of the demi-vierge is just beginning to play its rôle in the new world.