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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: that the worship of double-sixes was not without its due libations.
"Good evening, mesdames," said the chief of police, sitting down; "for
I have something to say to each of you."
"We'll listen presently," said his aunt; "you can't interrupt the
game. It won't be long; I play for four."
"White all round!" said one of the hags.
"Domino!" cried the Saint-Esteve. "I win; you have four points between
you two, and the whites are all out. Well, my dear, what is it?" she
said, turning to her nephew, after a rather stormy reckoning among the
witches was over.
"You, Madame Fontaine," said the chief of police, addressing one of
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