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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: believe you are not in love with Raoul."
Louise blushed like a rose in June, but instead of replying,
she ran and embraced her mother. "Madame," said she, "do you
know that M. Malicorne is going to have me appointed maid of
honor?"
"M. Malicorne is a prince in disguise," replied the old
lady, "he is all-powerful, seemingly."
"Should you also like to be maid of honor?" asked Malicorne
of Madame de Saint-Remy. "Whilst I am about it, I might as
well get everybody appointed."
And upon that he went away, leaving the poor lady quite
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