The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: down the street from the palace. He stopped here and there,
and, dismounting, tacked placards in conspicuous places. At
the notice, and in each instance cheers and shouting fol-
lowed the sergeant as he rode on to the next stop.
Now, at each point men and women were gathered,
eagerly awaiting an explanation of the jubilation farther up
the street. Those whom the sergeant passed called to him
for an explanation, and not receiving it, followed in a quickly
growing mob that filled Margaretha Street from wall to
wall. When he dismounted he had almost to fight his way
to the post or door upon which he was to tack the next
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