— ¿Me ama? — Hasta la locura. — ¿A pesar de mi mal carácter? — A pesar de todo. - Alexandre Dumas fils

That world begins where the lawful wife finishes; it finishes where the venal wife begins. It is divided from the world of honest women by the public scandal it provokes; it is divided from the world of courtesans by money.

Cu cat o priveam mai mult pe aceasta femeie, cu atat ma fermeca mai tare. Era de o frumusete rapitoare. Chiar si trupul ei slab mi se parea o incantare.

In the interest of the dictionaries of the future let me lay down the principle that the Demi-Monde, contrary to the common belief and in spite of what is printed, does not represent the ruck of courtesans, but the class of women that have lost caste.