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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: soldiers on guard there conversing. He called to them.
"What do you want?" shouted one of the men through
the closed door.
"I want Prince Peter!" yelled the king. "Send him at
once!"
The soldiers laughed.
"He wants Prince Peter," they mocked. "Wouldn't you
rather have us send the king to you?" they asked.
"I am the king!" yelled Leopold. "I am the king! Open
the door, pigs, or it will go hard with you! I shall have you
both shot in the morning if you do not open the door and
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