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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: brought him back by the scuff of the neck, squalling and
struggling.
"There!" said he, still panting from the chase and seating the
boy by no means gently upon the bench beside Wilkes. "Sit thou
there, thou imp of evil! And now tell me what thou didst mean by
thy words anon--an thou stop not thine outcry, I will cut thy
throat for thee," and he made a ferocious gesture with his
dagger.
It was by no means easy to worm the story from the mischievous
little monkey; he knew Myles too well to be in the least afraid
of his threats. But at last, by dint of bribing and coaxing,
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