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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: The old man had forgotten his dinner, he was so absorbed in
gazing at the poor girl; the sorrow in her face was
unmistakable,--the slighted love of a child whose father would
not recognize her.
"We are mistaken about Father Goriot, my dear boy," said Eugene
in a low voice. "He is not an idiot, nor wanting in energy. Try
your Gall system on him, and let me know what you think. I saw
him crush a silver dish last night as if it had been made of wax;
there seems to be something extra-ordinary going on in his mind
just now, to judge by his face. His life is so mysterious that it
must be worth studying. Oh! you may laugh, Bianchon; I am not
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