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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac: "At the top of the mountain."
"I don't know what to make of it!"
"After all," thought Georges, "though I did blague him, I didn't say
anything insulting."
"Why have you come here?" asked the steward.
"I have brought the deed of sale for the farm at Moulineaux, all ready
for signature."
"Good heavens!" exclaimed the steward, "I don't understand one word of
all this!"
Moreau felt his heart beat painfully when, after giving two raps on
his master's door, he heard the words:--
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