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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: The Republic does me the honor to think me more dangerous than all the
Vendeans put together, and counts on certain of my weaknesses to lay
hands upon me."
"Surely you will not distrust me?" she said, striking his heart with
the hand by which she held to him.
"Are you a traitor, madame?" he said, bending towards her his
forehead, which she kissed.
"In that case," said the abbe, referring to the news, "Fouche's police
will be more dangerous for us than their battalions of recruits and
counter-Chouans."
"Yes, true enough, father," replied the marquis.
The Chouans |
