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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: So that I beg my brother Charles to tell me all those
matters as to a man who knows nothing."
"Well, sire, I think that by taking things from the
beginning I shall have a better chance of touching the heart
of your majesty."
"Speak on, my brother -- speak on."
"You know, sire, that being called in 1650 to Edinburgh,
during Cromwell's expedition into Ireland, I was crowned at
Scone. A year after, wounded in one of the provinces he had
usurped, Cromwell returned upon us. To meet him was my
object; to leave Scotland was my wish."
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