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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Commission in Lunacy by Honore de Balzac: able to tell you that, from the first words of this inquiry, I
regarded my clerk as quite unnecessary."
He went close to M. d'Espard, led him into the window-bay, and said:
"It is time that you should return home, monsieur. I believe that
Madame la Marquise has acted in this matter under an influence which
you ought at once to counteract."
Popinot withdrew. He looked back several times as he crossed the
courtyard, touched by the recollection of the scene. It was one of
those which take root in the memory to blossom again in certain hours
when the soul seeks consolation.
"Those rooms would just suit me," said he to himself as he reached
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