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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: upon the people. Then unfastening the diamond ornament which
the queen had sent him, he placed it in the hands of the
priest who accompanied Juxon. Then he drew from his breast a
little cross set in diamonds, which, like the order, had
been the gift of Henrietta Maria.
"Sir," said he to the priest, "I shall keep this cross in my
hand till the last moment. Take it from me when I am --
dead."
"Yes, sire," said a voice, which Athos recognized as that of
Aramis.
He then took his hat from his head and threw it on the
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