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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: some rest from her fatigues in the sight of her. He sometimes
questioned her about her journey to the camp of the Mercenaries. He
even asked her whether any one had urged her to it; and with a shake
of the head she answered, No,--so proud was Salammbo of having saved
the zaimph.
But the Suffet always came back to Matho under pretence of making
military inquiries. He could not understand how the hours which she
had spent in the tent had been employed. Salammbo, in fact, said
nothing about Gisco; for as words had an effective power in
themselves, curses, if reported to any one, might be turned against
him; and she was silent about her wish to assassinate, lest she should
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