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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac: brothers, who watched alternately the queen and her accomplice. On
this solemn test the whole future of that ambitious woman depended;
she felt the keenest admiration for Christophe, yet she gazed sternly
at him; she hated the Guises, and she smiled upon them!
"Young man," said the queen, "confess that you have seen the Prince de
Conde, and you will be richly rewarded."
"Ah! what a business this is for you, madame!" cried Christophe,
pitying her.
The queen quivered.
"He insults me!" she exclaimed. "Why do you not hang him?" she cried,
turning to the two brothers, who stood thoughtful.
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