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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: Mme. de Plougastel exclaim in agitation:
"He has gone already! Oh, but how long since? Which way did he
take?"
It was enough to inform Aline that Mme. de Plougastel's errand must
be akin to her own. At the moment, in the general distress and
confusion of her mind, her mental vision focussed entirely on the
one vital point, she found in this no matter for astonishment. The
singular regard conceived by Mme. de Plougastel for Andre-Louis
seemed to her then a sufficient explanation.
Without pausing to consider, she ran down that steep staircase,
calling:
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