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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: service. Well, then," after receiving a smile from the young man, "to-
morrow morning I will send a petition to one of the most influential
persons at the ministry of War,--a man who will refuse nothing to the
daughter of the Baron di Piombo. We shall obtain a 'tacit' pardon for
Captain Luigi, for, of course, they will not allow him the rank of
major. And then," she added, addressing Servin, "you can confound the
mothers of my charitable companions by telling them the truth."
"You are an angel!" cried Servin.
While this scene was passing at the studio the father and mother of
Ginevra were becoming impatient at her non-return.
"It is six o'clock, and Ginevra not yet home!" cried Bartolomeo.
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