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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: said he.
Then, for the first time, the Talisman spoke without being
questioned. "Fool!" it cried; "wilt thou not be advised?"
"Be silent," said the young man. "Six times, vile thing, you
would have betrayed me. Six times you would have deprived me of
joys that should have been mine, and each was greater than that
which went before. Shall I now listen the seventh time? Now,"
said he to the queen, "I will show you our treasure." He called
aloud, "Zadok, Zadok, Zadok!"
Instantly the ground shook beneath their feet, the dust rose in
clouds, and Zadok appeared, as black as ink, and with eyes that
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