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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Firm of Nucingen by Honore de Balzac: the church.'
" 'Have you courage to hear what I have to say? I wonder whether you
will see how much a man must be attached to a friend if he can be
guilty of such a breach of confidence as this for his sake.'
"Something in Rastignac's voice stung like a lash of a whip.
" 'WHAT?' asked Godefroid de Beaudenord, turning pale.
" 'I was unhappy over your joy; I had not the heart to keep such a
secret to myself when I saw all these preparations, your happiness in
bloom.'
" 'Just say it out in three words!'
" 'Swear to me on your honor that you will be as silent as the
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