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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: "Aye," said he, when Sir James had done, "the boy hath mettle,
sure. Nevertheless, we must transplant this fellow Blunt to the
office of gentleman- in-waiting. He must be old enough now, and
gin he stayeth in his present place, either he will do the boy a
harm, or the boy will do him a harm."
So Blunt never came again to trouble the squires' quarters; and
thereafter the youngsters rendered no more service to the elders.
Myles's first great fight in life was won.
CHAPTER 17
The summer passed away, and the bleak fall came. Myles had long
since accepted his position as one set apart from the others of
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