The reason's obvious: if there's an éclat,

They lose their caste at once, as do the Parias;

And when the delicacies of the Law

Have filled their papers with their comments various,

Society, that china without flaw,

(The Hypocrite!) will banish them like Marius,

To sit amidst the ruins of their guilt:[644]For Fame's a Carthage not so soon rebuilt.