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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: that you must see that you would do better with us; our government
would cost you less. Three hundred crowns, do you call that dear for
your skin?"
"Where am I to get them?"
"Out of your strong-box," said Pille-Miche; "and mind that the money
is forthcoming, or we'll singe you still."
"How am I to pay it to you?" asked d'Orgemont.
"Your country-house at Fougeres is not far from Gibarry's farm where
my cousin Galope-Chopine, otherwise called Cibot, lives. You can pay
the money to him," said Pille-Miche.
"That's not business-like," said d'Orgemont.
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