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Annotated text: The cardinal was acquitted to-day of all complicity in the affair of the Queens diamond necklace. 31st of May 1786

How quickly the quicksands of crime got hold of the minds feet. At that moment it seemed incredible that I had ever been an innocent child, gambolling among the daisies, and thinking, if I thought of it at all, that the grave would be as little as my bed. The door opened and shut. From what I already knew of the man who entered, I should have supposed cleaner limbs and an air more sinister. I explained my object, and told him to sit down and make himself comfortable with the papers. Coffee and sandwiches of Westphalian ham pleased him too obviously. Why cucumber sandwiches? Why such reckless extravagance in one so young? Yes, I felt, at my first sight of him, that the words before my eyes would form some sort of commentary, ironic perhaps, page after page, till the end of my interview, and even after.

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Original text:

The cardinal was acquitted to-day of all 
complicity in the affair of the Queens diamond 
necklace. How quickly the quicksands of crime 
got hold of the minds feet. At that moment it 
seemed incredible that I had ever been an 
innocent child, gambolling among the daisies, 
and thinking, if I thought of it at all, that the 
grave would be as little as my bed. The door 
opened and shut. From what I already knew of 
the man who entered, I should have supposed 
cleaner limbs and an air more sinister. I 
explained my object, and told him to sit down 
and make himself comfortable with the papers. 
Coffee and sandwiches of Westphalian ham 
pleased him too obviously. Why cucumber 
sandwiches? Why such reckless extravagance in 
one so young? Yes, I felt, at my first sight of 
him, that the words before my eyes would form 
some sort of commentary, ironic perhaps, page 
after page, till the end of my interview, and 
even after. 

Italian text:

Oggi il cardinale è stato assolto da ogni complicità nel caso della collana di diamanti della Regina. Con quale rapidità le sabbie mobili del crimine ghermiscono i piedi della mente. In quel momento sembrava incredibile che avessi vissuto l'innocenza dell'infanzia, avessi saltellato tra le margherite pensando, ammesso che pensassi, che la tomba sarebbe stata piccola come il mio letto. La porta si aprì e si richiuse. Da quanto già sapevo dell'uomo che entrò, avrei dovuto immaginare arti più puliti e un'aria più sinistra. Spiegai il mio oggetto e gli dissi di sedersi e di mettersi comodo con le carte. Caffè e tramezzini al prosciutto di Westfalia gli fecero ovviamente fin troppo piacere. Perché i tramezzini con i cetrioli? Che prodigalità sfrenata in un giovanotto come te? Sì, la prima volta che lo vidi, percepii che le parole che avevo davanti gli occhi avrebbero formato una specie di commento, forse ironico, una pagina dopo l'altra, fino alla fine del mio interrogatorio, e anche in seguito.