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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac: with themselves as children play with life. Sitting, happy and
content, upon the golden sands, they told each other their past,
painful for him, but rich in dreams; dreamy for her, but full of
painful pleasure.
"I never had a mother," said Gabrielle, "but my father has been good
as God himself."
"I never had a father," said the hated son, "but my mother was all of
heaven to me."
Etienne related his youth, his love for his mother, his taste for
flowers. Gabrielle exclaimed at his last words. Questioned why, she
blushed and avoided answering; then when a shadow passed across that
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