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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: irresistible curiosity led him, about half-past four, to return
to the Maison Vauquer through the gathering dusk.
Bianchon had given Vautrin an emetic, reserving the contents of
the stomach for chemical analysis at the hospital. Mlle.
Michonneau's officious alacrity had still further strengthened
his suspicions of her. Vautrin, moreover, had recovered so
quickly that it was impossible not to suspect some plot against
the leader of all frolics at the lodging-house. Vautrin was
standing in front of the stove in the dining-room when Rastignac
came in. All the lodgers were assembled sooner than usual by the
news of young Taillefer's duel. They were anxious to hear any
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