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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: opposite the door.
'This is an inn, is it not?' I said.
'Yes,' he answered slowly. 'It is an inn. But--'
'But you are full, or you are out of food, or your wife is ill,
or something else is amiss,' I answered peevishly. 'All the
same, I am going to lie here. So you must make the best of it,
and your wife too--if you have one.'
He scratched his head, looking at me with an ugly glitter in his
eyes. But he said nothing, and I dismounted.
'Where can I stable my horse?' I asked.
'I'll put it up,' he answered sullenly, stepping forward and
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