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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: "Are you well laden, Coupiau?" he asked.
"Oh, no, Monsieur Gudin," replied the coachman. "I'm carrying next to
nothing."
The priest watched the faces of the patriot and Coupiau as the latter
made this answer, and both were imperturbable.
"So much the better for you," remarked the patriot. "I can now take
measures to save my property in case of danger."
Such despotic assumption nettled Coupiau, who answered gruffly: "I am
the master of my own carriage, and so long as I drive you--"
"Are you a patriot, or are you a Chouan?" said the other, sharply
interrupting him.
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