Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.
Chaperons waren selbst in ihren glorreichen Tagen fast nie in der Lage, die Moral durchzusetzen; was sie taten, war, Unmoral diskret zu erzwingen. Dies ist kein kleiner Beitrag.
