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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Bureaucracy by Honore de Balzac: "He will owe us nine thousand francs interest a year," said Gigonnet;
"that property doesn't bring him in five."
"He is under our thumb for a long time," said Gobseck.
"He'll build; he'll commit extravagancies," continued Gigonnet;
"Falleix will get his land."
"His interest is only to be made deputy; the old fox laughs at the
rest," said Gobseck.
"Hey! hey!"
"Hi! hi!"
These dry little exclamations served as a laugh to the two old men,
who took their way back (always on foot) to the Cafe Themis.
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