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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: whom I used to see in last year's troubles hanging about the
Chamber of Deputies; he seems to me, in fact, to be a detective
dressed up like a decent retired tradesman. Let us keep an eye on
that couple; I will tell you why some time. Good-bye; it is
nearly four o'clock, and I must be in to answer to my name."
When Eugene reached the lodging-house, he found Father Goriot
waiting for him.
"Here," cried the old man, "here is a letter from her. Pretty
handwriting, eh?"
Eugene broke the seal and read:--
"Sir,--I have heard from my father that you are fond of Italian
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