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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac: pretty feet in those hideous shoes, nor dress yourself like a beggar-
woman, nor--"
"That's enough," she said. "How am I to be certain that you will obey
me?"
"My master is obliged to go to Sainte-Adresse. He does not like it,
but he is so truly good he won't deprive me of my Sunday; I will offer
to go for him."
"Go, and I will trust you."
"You are sure I can do nothing for you in Havre?"
"Nothing. Hear me, mysterious dwarf,--look," she continued, pointing
to the cloudless sky; "can you see a single trace of that bird that
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