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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac: at her father, and said somewhat anxiously, "Are not the
Longuevilles----?"
"They became extinct in the person of the old Duc de Rostein-Limbourg,
who perished on the scaffold in 1793. He was the last representative
of the last and younger branch."
"But, papa, there are some very good families descended from bastards.
The history of France swarms with princes bearing the bar sinister on
their shields."
"Your ideas are much changed," said the old man, with a smile.
The following day was the last that the Fontaine family were to spend
at the Pavillon Planat. Emilie, greatly disturbed by her father's
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