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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: a sign to the king's brother, who went to him.
"My lord," said the cardinal, "pick up, if you please, all
those gold crowns." And he pointed to the enormous pile of
yellow and glittering pieces which the Comte de Guiche had
raised by degrees before him by a surprising run of luck at
play.
"For me?" cried the Duc d'Anjou.
"Those fifty thousand crowns; yes, monseigneur, they are
yours."
"Do you give them to me?"
"I have been playing on your account, monseigneur," replied
Ten Years Later | 
