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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: Denis.
"My children," said Carlos, "your dream is over.--You, little one,
will never see Lucien again; or if you should, you must have known him
only for a few days, five years ago."
"Death has come upon me then," said she, without shedding a tear.
"Well, you have been ill these five years," said Herrera. "Imagine
yourself to be consumptive, and die without boring us with your
lamentations. But you will see, you can still live, and very
comfortably too.--Leave us, Lucien--go and gather sonnets!" said he,
pointing to a field a little way off.
Lucien cast a look of humble entreaty at Esther, one of the looks
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