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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: ``The envoy of Tosti,'' he said, ``moved up the
hall, undismayed by the frowning countenances of
all around him, until he made his obeisance before
the throne of King Harold.
`` `What terms,' he said, `Lord King, hath thy
brother Tosti to hope, if he should lay down his
arms, and crave peace at thy hands?'
`` `A brother's love,' cried the generous Harold,
`and the fair earldom of Northumberland.'
`` `But should Tosti accept these terms,' continued
the envoy, ` what lands shall be assigned to his faithful
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