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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: realized the horror of her predicament; its utter hope-
lessness.
Beast though he was, Peter of Colfax stood high in
the favor of the King; and the fact that she was his
niece would scarce aid her cause with Henry, for it was
more than counter-balanced by the fact that she was
the daughter of Simon de Montfort, whom he feared and
hated.
In the corridor without she heard the heavy tramp
of approaching feet, and presently a man's voice at the
door.
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