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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: "I will get there!" he repeated to himself.
Since the affair of Kolyvan all the powers of his mind
were concentrated on one object -- to become free! How
should he escape from the Emir's soldiers?
Feofar's camp presented a magnificent spectacle.
Numberless tents, of skin, felt, or silk, glistened in the
rays of the sun. The lofty plumes which surmounted their
conical tops waved amidst banners, flags, and pennons of
every color. The richest of these tents belonged to the
Seides and Khodjas, who are the principal personages of
the khanat. A special pavilion, ornamented with a horse's
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