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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: "None, my lord."
"But the diamond I gave you yesterday?"
"I wish to keep it in remembrance of your eminence."
Mazarin sighed.
"'Tis very dear living in England, my lord, especially as
envoy extraordinary."
"Zounds!" replied Mazarin, "the people there are very
sedate, and their habits, since the revolution, simple; but
no matter."
He opened a drawer and took out a purse.
"What do you say to a thousand crowns?"
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