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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: him."
"You tell me that to console me a little, Athos."
"For what?"
"Mordioux! for all the expense I incurred. I have ruined
myself, my friend, ruined myself for the restoration of this
young prince who has just passed, cantering on his isabelle
colored horse."
"The king does not know you have ruined yourself, my friend,
but he knows he owes you much."
"And say, Athos, does that advance me in any respect? for,
to do you justice, you have labored nobly. But I -- I, who
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