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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: be ill, to say such dreadful things in that cool way. Where is your
usual patience with my little maternal worries, or your exquisite
politeness for every one, your wife included?"
"But," said Monsieur de l'Estorade, getting more excited instead of
calmer, under this form of studied though friendly reproach, "your
maternal feelings are turning into monomania, and you make life
intolerable to every one but your children. The devil! suppose they
are your children; I am their father, and, though I am not adored as
they are, I have the right to request that my house be not made
uninhabitable!"
While Monsieur de l'Estorade, striding about the room, delivered
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