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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard: sound proceeding apparently from the floor for which I could
not account. Then came a pause, and I looked around to see if
there was any sign of the two Queens, Nyleptha and Sorais, but
they were not there. To the right of us, however, was a bare
space that I guessed was reserved for them.
We waited, and presently a far-off trumpet blew, apparently high
up in the dome. Then came another murmur from the multitude,
and up a long lane, leading to the open space to our right, we
saw the two Queens walking side by side. Behind them were some
nobles of the Court, among whom I recognized the great lord Nasta,
and behind them again a body of about fifty guards. These last
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