You say: The law must be broken in secret, in our bedchambers, while we pretend externally that we have followed it. Breaking the law in bedrooms and boudoirs!” Thomas senses he has gone too far in the direction of criticizing his uncle, and his tone of voice softens a bit. “I say that it’s the other way around: the law, if it is unjust and if it brings people misfortune, needs to be changed, we must act in the open, boldly, making no compromises.”
