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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac: we have inherited a princely fortune from your cousin; that cursed
Huguenot, Georges de Chaverny is killed."
The countess turned pale and dropped into a chair. She saw the secret
of the devilish smile on her husband's face.
"Monsieur," she said in a voice of emotion, "you know well that I
loved my cousin Chaverny. You will answer to God for the pain you
inflict upon me."
At these words the eye of the count glittered; his lips trembled, but
he could not utter a word, so furious was he; he flung his dagger on
the table with such violence that the metal resounded like a thunder-
clap.
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