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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: American nationality, pointing to his credentials and passes
in support of his contention.
The general before whom he had been brought shrugged
his shoulders. "They are all Americans as soon as they are
caught," he said; "but why did you not claim to be Prince
Peter of Blentz? You have his passes as well. How can you
expect us to believe your story when you have in your pos-
session passes for different men?
"We have every respect for our friends the Americans. I
would even stretch a point rather than chance harming an
American; but you will admit that the evidence is all against
The Mad King | 
