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"I shall state in a few lines that Maldoror was good during his first years, when he lived happy; it is done."
[« J'établirai dans quelques lignes comment Maldoror fut bon pendant ses premières années, où il vécut heureux ; c'est fait. »]

9S: I probably only had enough time to back up your memories.

"Bah, Bah, a black Sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes old mate I have
Three bags full..."
Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, 1744, p. 7.

"Black wool was prized, by Cumberland farmers at least, because hard-wearing black suits could be made from it 
without the necessity of dyeing."
New Scientist, Ariadne, 13 March 1986, p. 80.

Neoni — Haunted House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9jGBcLfsTk

"You must imitate my submission; to a man of honour, his promise is too sacred to be tampered with."
[« Il faut vous soumettre comme je me suis soumis; tout serment est sacré pour l'homme d'honneur. »]
Eugène Sue, The wandering Jew (Le Juif errant), Epilogue, 1844.

The former 9S (with a little help) had astutely detected that 2B was Number Two, supreme leader of the Machines.