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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: mentioned to us take actual shape."
"I am glad to hear you say that," said the minister, "because the
friendly relations which I supposed you to hold towards him would have
embarrassed me a good deal in the hostilities which I foresee must
break out between him and the government."
"Most grateful, I am sure, for that sentiment," replied the peer of
France; "but be kind enough to remember that I give you /carte
blanche/. You are free to handle Monsieur de Sallenauve as your
political enemy, without a moment's fear of troubling me."
Thereupon they parted, and Messieurs Vinet and de Trailles were
introduced.
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