本书既不是一部起诉书，也非道歉书。我控制自身，以免仓促做出决定。如今的公众都希望能在故事结尾看到作者的道德倾向。实际上，当故事慢慢发展，读者甚至希望能看到作者的明确立场。希望他明确表示自己偏爱的是阿尔赛斯特还是菲兰特，是哈姆雷特还是奥菲莉亚，浮士德还是格雷琴，是亚当还是耶和华。（This book is neither a complaint, nor an apology. I control myself, in order to avoid hasty decisions. Nowadays the public hope to see the author's moral tendency at the end of story. In fact, even when the story gradually develops, readers hope to be able to see the clear position of the author, hope that the author makes himself clear that he prefers Alceste or Ferand, Hamlet or Ophelia, Faust and Gretchen, Adam or the Lord.）