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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Juana by Honore de Balzac: "Bah!" exclaimed the husband.
They went down-stairs; but before taking his hat Diard entered the
dining-room of the establishment and asked for a glass of water. While
it was being brought, he walked up and down the room, and was able,
without being noticed, to pick up one of those small sharp-pointed
steel knives with pearl handles which are used for cutting fruit at
dessert.
"Where do you live?" said Montefiore, in the courtyard, "for I want to
send a carriage there to fetch me."
Diard told him the exact address.
"You see," said Montefiore, in a low voice, taking Diard's arm, "that
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