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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: "Deign to listen to me, monseigneur, and be merciful! Sit down,
in mercy!"
D'Artagnan, mute with anger and anxiety, took a seat in the
threatening attitude of a judge. Planchet glared fiercely over
the back of his armchair.
"Here is the story, monseigneur," resumed the trembling host;
"for I now recollect you. It was you who rode off at the moment
I had that unfortunate difference with the gentleman you speak
of."
"Yes, it was I; so you may plainly perceive that you have no
mercy to expect of you do not tell me the whole truth."
The Three Musketeers |
