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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: "Still, I do not see what I can do, supposing that I did agree to
identify him for two thousand francs."
"Nothing simpler," said the stranger. "I will send you a little
bottle containing a dose that will send a rush of blood to the
head; it will do him no harm whatever, but he will fall down as
if he were in a fit. The drug can be put into wine or coffee;
either will do equally well. You carry your man to bed at once,
and undress him to see that he is not dying. As soon as you are
alone, you give him a slap on the shoulder, and PRESTO! the
letters will appear."
"Why, that is just nothing at all," said Poiret.
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