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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from At the Sign of the Cat & Racket by Honore de Balzac: . . . Come. By Gad, boy, give your arm to Augustine this morning as we
go to Mass."
These were the phrases spoken at random by the old draper, and their
conclusion made the lover happy. He was already thinking of a friend
of his as a match for Mademoiselle Virginie, as he went out of the
smoky office, pressing his future father-in-law's hand, after saying
with a knowing look that all would turn out for the best.
"What will Madame Guillaume say to it?" was the idea that greatly
troubled the worthy merchant when he found himself alone.
At breakfast Madame Guillaume and Virginie, to whom the draper had not
yet confided his disappointment, cast meaning glances at Joseph Lebas,
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