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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: jewels and half the ransom of the woman shall be mine?"
"Yes," replied Werper.
"Good," said Mohammed Beyd. "I go now to give the
order for the breaking of camp early on the morrow,"
and he rose to leave the tent.
Werper laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
"Wait," he said, "let us determine how many shall
accompany us. It is not well that we be burdened by
the women and children, for then indeed we might be
overtaken by the Abyssinians. It would be far better
to select a small guard of your bravest men, and leave
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