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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: old servant related the singular departure of his master, and the no
less singular departure of Sallenauve without a word of explanation;
then he added,--
"This morning, while putting monsieur's room in order, a letter
addressed to Madame le comtesse fell out of a book. As the letter was
sealed and all ready to be sent, I supposed that monsieur, in the
hurry of departure, had forgotten to tell me to put it in the post. I
thought therefore I had better bring it here myself. Perhaps Madame la
comtesse will find in it some explanation of this sudden journey,
about which I have dreamed all night."
Monsieur de l'Estorade took the letter.
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