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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: times to talk of his adventures, and of his hopes and
aspirations.
Perhaps the Earl's younger brother--who was himself somewhat a
soldier of fortune, having fought in Spain, France, and
Germany--felt a certain kinship in spirit with the adventurous
youngster who had his unfriended way to make in the world.
However that might have been, Lord George was very kind and
friendly to the lad, and the willing service that Myles rendered
him reconciled him not a little to the Earl's obvious neglect.
Besides these of the more immediate family of the Earl were a
number of knights, ladies, and gentlemen, some of them cadets,
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