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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac: devoted love that ever was! I assure you that I am not at all the
'woman of the world' you do me the honor of believing me to be."
"Come, come, Armande," she said, putting her arm on my neck and
drawing me to her, in order to kiss my forehead, "you did not want to
go back to the convent, you did not want to die an old maid, and, like
a fine, noble-hearted Chaulieu, as you are, you recognized the
necessity of building up your father's family. (The Duke was
listening. If you knew, Renee, what flattery lies for him in these
words.) I have watched you during the whole winter, poking your little
nose into all that goes on, forming very sensible opinions about men
and the present state of society in France. And you have picked out
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