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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: of his return to Lustadt. It would do no harm, thought the
old man, with a grim smile, to get things well under way a
day ahead of time. This accomplished, he summoned the
Serbian minister, with what purpose and to what effect be-
came historically evident several days later. When, after
twenty-four hours' absence, his aide had not returned from
Blentz, the chancellor had no regrets for his forehanded-
ness.
In the castle of Peter of Blentz the king of Lutha was be-
ing entertained royally. He was told nothing of the attempt
of his chancellor to see him, nor did he know that a messen-
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