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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: ship for her own toy. We'll not have any scroll-work." His face
shined with pure joy.
'"Then see that the thirty pounds you've saved on it are
honestly paid the King," I says, "and keep clear o' women-folk."
I gathered up my draft and crumpled it under my arm. "If that's
all you need of me I'll be gone," I says. "I'm pressed."
'He turns him round and fumbles in a corner. "Too pressed to
be made a knight, Sir Harry?" he says, and comes at me smiling,
with three-quarters of a rusty sword.
'I pledge you my Mark I never guessed it was the King till that
moment. I kneeled, and he tapped me on the shoulder.
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