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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: she went to the school and met the divinity
instructor, the priest Michael Vedensky, in the
hall. He asked her what she wanted. She an-
swered that she wished to see the head of the
school. "He is not quite well," said the priest.
"Can I be of any use to you, or give him your
message?"
Maria Vassilievna thought that she might as
well tell the priest what was the matter. Michael
Vedensky was a widower, and a very ambitious
man. A year ago he had met Mitia Smokovni-
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