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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: at will, might effect it. The question is, Will you be the man,
my friend?'
I hesitated; then I bowed. What choice had I?
'Nay, nay, speak out!' he said sharply. 'Yes or no, M. de
Berault?'
'Yes, your Eminence,' I said reluctantly. Again, I say, what
choice had I?
'You will bring him to Paris, and alive. He knows things, and
that is why I want him. You understand?'
'I understand, Monseigneur,' I answered.
'You will get into the house as you can,' he continued with
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