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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: rush past one another. Once more the spectators applauded and
shouted as the two knights turned their horses and rode back
towards their station.
This time as they met midway the Sieur de la Montaigne reined in
his horse. "Sir Myles," said his muffled voice, "I swear to thee,
by my faith, I had not thought to meet in thee such an opponent
as thou dost prove thyself to be. I had thought to find in thee a
raw boy, but find instead a Paladin. Hitherto I have given thee
grace as I would give grace to any mere lad, and thought of
nothing but to give thee opportunity to break thy lance. Now I
shall do my endeavor to unhorse thee as I would an acknowledged
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