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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: hissed past her. She stood before them stately and scornful, a
very queen among women, and little by little the majesty of her
presence and the greatness of her courage hushed them to silence.
When there was quiet at length, she spoke in a clear voice that
carried far.
'Am I among my own people of the Otomie?' she asked bitterly, 'or
have we lost our path and wandered perchance among some savage
Tlascalan tribe? Listen, people of the Otomie. I have but one
voice and none can reason with a multitude. Choose you a tongue to
speak for you, and let him set out the desire of your hearts.'
Now the tumult began again, for some shouted one name and some
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