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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: she, "is it true that men say of you that you have discovered a
hidden treasure such as the world never saw before?" And she
looked at Aben Hassen so that his wisdom all crumbled away like
sand, and he became just as foolish as other men.
"Yes," said he, "it is true."
Aben Hassen the Wise spent all that day with the queen, and when
he left the palace he was like a man drunk and dizzy with love.
Moreover, he had promised to show the queen the hidden treasure
the next day.
As Aben Hassen, like a man in a dream, walked towards his own
house, he met an old man standing at the corner of the street.
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