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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: sortie which he improvised. He described the death of the
other soldier, and the perils they had encountered. This
recital was for him the occasion of veritable triumph. The
whole army talked of this expedition for a day, and Monsieur
paid him his compliments upon it. Besides this, as every
great action bears its recompense with it, the brave exploit
of D'Artagnan resulted in the restoration of the tranquility
he had lost. In fact, D'Artagnan believed that he might be
tranquil, as one of his two enemies was killed and the other
devoted to his interests.
This tranquillity proved one thing--that D'Artagnan did not
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