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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: "To end the rebellion," answered Blake, his voice cautiously lowered.
Richard laughed outright. "There are several others considering that
- notably His Majesty King James, the Duke of Albemarle, and the Earl of
Feversham. Yet they don't appear to achieve it."
"It is in that particular," said Blake complacently, "that I shall
differ from them." He turned to Ruth, eager to engage her in the
conversation, to flatter her by including her in the secret. Knowing
the loyalist principles she entertained, he had no reason to fear that
his plans could other than meet her approval. "What do you say,
Mistress Ruth?" Presuming upon his friendship with her brother, he had
taken to calling her by that name in preference to the other which he
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