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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: scaffold, you devote to her your last sigh; and now you
expect poor me to sacrifice to you all my dreams and my
happiness."
"But who is the beauty you are talking of, Rosa?" said
Cornelius, trying in vain to remember a woman to whom Rosa
might possibly be alluding.
"The dark beauty with a slender waist, small feet, and a
noble head; in short, I am speaking of your flower."
Cornelius smiled.
"That is an imaginary lady love, at all events; whereas,
without counting that amorous Jacob, you by your own account
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