At that point, when the only thing left for crime to do is expel virtue from thedomain of its sovereignty (Juliette expelling her sister from the Ch teau de Noirceuil), then nature, which has so long beendominated, trampled and profaned, entirely submits to that which contradicted it; in its turn it enters madness, and there, in an instant, but only for an instant, it restores its omnipotence.