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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: but he lost no whit of his dignity.
"You have, I suppose, taken the palace," he said quietly.
"As a loan, excellency, merely as a loan. After to-morrow it will
be returned you in the event you still need it," replied
O'Halloran blandly.
"You expect to murder me, of course?"
The big Celt looked shocked. "Not at all! The bulletins may
perhaps have to report you accidentally killed or a victim of
suicide. Personally I hope not."
"I understand; but before this lamentable accident happens I beg
leave to assure myself that the palace really is in your hands,
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