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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: Simeuse business--the battles of Marengo of espionage."
"Well," said Corentin, "you have some esteem for the public
prosecutor?"
"Yes," said Jacques Collin, bowing respectfully, "I admire his noble
character, his firmness, his dignity. I would give my life to make him
happy. Indeed, to begin with, I will put an end to the dangerous
condition in which Madame de Serizy now is."
Monsieur de Granville turned to him with a look of satisfaction.
"Then ask him," Corentin went on, "if I have not full power to snatch
you from the degrading position in which you stand, and to attach you
to me."
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