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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: sale of that kind is a mere nothing, and I do not remember how
much I gave for it."
"You gave one hundred francs."
"True," I said, embarrassed in my turn, "how do you know?"
"It is quite simple. I hoped to reach Paris in time for the sale,
and I only managed to get here this morning. I was absolutely
resolved to have something which had belonged to her, and I
hastened to the auctioneer and asked him to allow me to see the
list of the things sold and of the buyers' names. I saw that this
volume had been bought by you, and I decided to ask you to give
it up to me, though the price you had set upon it made me fear
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