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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: president looked up and continued:
"Have you ever been tried before?"
"Never," answered Maslova, softly, and sighed.
"Have you received a copy of the indictment?"
"I have," she answered.
"Sit down."
The prisoner leant back to pick up her skirt in the way a fine
lady picks up her train, and sat down, folding her small white
hands in the sleeves of her cloak, her eyes fixed on the
president. Her face was calm again.
The witnesses were called, and some sent away; the doctor who was
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