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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac: as pure as the tones of an instrument.
"You haven't paid your expenses," said the dwarf to Dumay when he
returned.
"Modeste is as pure as the Virgin on our altar," cried Madame
Latournelle.
"Good God! such excitements wear me out," said Dumay; "and yet I'm a
strong man."
"May I lose that twenty-five sous if I have the slightest idea what
you are about," remarked Gobenheim. "You seem to me to be crazy."
"And yet it is all about a treasure," said Butscha, standing on tiptoe
to whisper in Gobenheim's ear.
Modeste Mignon | 
