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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: But the prince was a prince, and not a common man; he cared
nothing for gold and jewels. What he did care for was to see
where the queen went, and why she had brought him to this strange
land. So, as soon as she had fairly gone, he followed after.
He went along under the gold and silver trees, in the direction
she had taken, until at last he came to a tall flight of steps
that led up to the doorway of the snow-white palace. The door
stood open, and into it the prince went. He saw not a soul, but
he heard a noise as of blows and the sound as of some one
weeping. He followed the sound, until by-and-by he came to a
great vaulted room in the very centre of the palace. A curtain
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