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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac: "Are all those persons to take part in the inquiry?" he said to the
king.
Louis XI. could not help smiling as he saw the fright of the miser and
his sister.
"No, my old crony," he said; "don't worry yourself. They will sup at
Plessis, and you and I alone will make the investigation. I am so good
in detecting criminals, that I will wager you ten thousand crowns I
shall do so now."
"Find him, sire, and make no wager."
They went at once into the strong room, where the Fleming kept his
treasure. There Louis, who asked to see, in the first place, the
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