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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: They went to the window, the young wife leaning on the breast of her
beloved, who held her round the waist, and, together, in deep silence,
they gazed upward at the sky, which the dawn was slowly brightening.
Clouds of a grayish hue were moving rapidly; the East was growing
luminous.
"See!" said Ginevra. "It is an omen. We shall be happy."
"Yes, in heaven," replied Luigi, with a bitter smile. "Oh, Ginevra!
you who deserved all the treasures upon earth--"
"I have your heart," she said, in tones of joy.
"Ah! I complain no more!" he answered, straining her tightly to him,
and covering with kisses the delicate face, which was losing the
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