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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: "Monsieur," said the warder in an undertone to the Governor, coming
close to him as he was escorting Doctor Lebrun as far as the outer
gates of the Conciergerie, "Number 2 in the secret cells says he is
ill, and needs the doctor; he declares he is dying," added the
turnkey.
"Indeed," said the Governor.
"His breath rattles in his throat," replied the man.
"It is five o'clock," said the doctor; "I have had no dinner. But,
after all, I am at hand. Come, let us see."
"Number 2, as it happens, is the Spanish priest suspected of being
Jacques Collin," said Monsieur Gault to the doctor, "and one of the
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