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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: During the recital Mazarin entered and glided noiselessly up
to the queen to listen.
"Well," said the queen, when the chancellor had finished
speaking; "what do you think of it all?"
"I think that matters look very gloomy, madame."
"But what step would you propose to me?"
"I could propose one to your majesty, but I dare not."
"You may, you may, sir," said the queen with a bitter smile;
"you were not so timid once."
The chancellor reddened and stammered some words.
"It is not a question of the past, but of the present," said
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