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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: "Come," said Marfa; "let us get to the bottom of this,
my child. Your companion, your friend, your protector
had a mother. Did he never speak to you of his mother?"
"Of his mother?" said Nadia. "He spoke to me of
his mother as I spoke to him of my father -- often, always.
He adored her."
"Nadia, Nadia, you have just told me about my own
son," said the old woman.
And she added impetuously, "Was he not going to see
this mother, whom you say he loved, in Omsk?"
"No," answered Nadia, "no, he was not."
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