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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: the few gentlemen who attended him.
The whole company came instantly to its feet, and Colonel Wade stepped
to a window that stood open - for the night was very warm. The Duke
turned for explanation to his host; the trader, however, professed
himself entirely unable to offer any. He was very pale and his limbs
were visibly trembling, but then his agitation was most natural. His
wife and daughter supervened at that moment, in their alarm entering
the room unceremoniously, in spite of the august presence, to inquire
into the meaning of this firing, and to reassure themselves that their
father and his illustrious guests were safe.
>From the windows they could observe a stir in the gardens below. Black
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