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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: like the clown of a circus, the centre of the eyes of the two thousand
inhabitants of this town. I know one thing about him," added the
little notary.
"Oh, tell us, Monsieur Achille!" cried Ernestine, eagerly.
"His tiger's name is Paradise!"
"Paradise!" echoed every one included in the little circle.
"Can a man be called Paradise?" asked Madame Herbelot, who had joined
her sister-in-law.
"It tends to prove," continued the notary, "that the master is an
angel; for when his tiger follows him--you understand."
"It is the road of Paradise! very good, that," said Madame Marion,
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