She buried her father's corpse under the mansion in the family crypt. Justine murdered her father with the family's star-shaped soapstone. He was going to abandon the tests to mend his relationship with his daughter. Writing to Herbert, he confessed it had done nothing to help him understand Justine's mental illness. Her father could no longer justify his research. Monsieur Florbelle severely scolded her, and also told her not to be "ashamed" as she was only "filling the void left by mother", but Justine was enraged. It would appear that either she, or her father, attempted something sexually indecent and perverted upon the other. What happened next can only be interpreted. She often tried to gain control of situations in regards to her father's tests, upsetting the chambermaids, and often provoking her father simply to get a reaction out of him. She began to show the basic characteristics of being a narcissist and a complete psychopath. After four years of isolation which robbed her of a healthy, natural upbringing and development, Justine had become increasingly unstable. This disparity, and never once pleasing her father with the results of his tests caused a huge rift to grow between them.
To worsen matters, as a result of the constant testing, Justine came to view the results as an important way of judging both herself and her father. However, little Justine started to develop an inferiority complex for wanting to be as attractive as her mother. Her father told Justine that her deceased mother's beauty was "blinding" and to recall any memory of her would be too much of a burden for anyone who loved her to bear.
Justine would often ask questions about what her mother looked like, as it saddened her to have no memory of her. This limited contact with Clarice even, so from the age of eight onward Justine's childhood was a completely lonely one. Monsieur Florbelle, who was secretly quite mad, was interested in studying the human psyche, so he isolated his daughter for a series of psychiatric tests. Justine's mother died when she was very young, and as such she cannot even remember what her mother looked like. Her father, Monsieur Florbelle, was an acclaimed psychotherapist. This was common, as nobility around this time period had very obvious minimal contact with those living downstairs.Ī painting of Justine Florbelle as a child Clarice was a girl of similar age from the servants quarters, and was often scolded by the maids for merely playing with Justine. Born of French aristocracy, Justine was born with an unspecified mental illness and the child only had one friend growing up, Clarice.
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