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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: months."
"What did he say to that?" I asked.
"He turned to my father and said: 'Is this true, my uncle?' And my
father answered: 'Yes, that is the best bargain I could make with the
Englishman, seeing that you were not here to make a better.'"
"And what happened then, Marie?"
"Oh, then Hernan thought a while. At last he looked up and said: 'I
understand. Things have gone badly. I acted for the best, who went
away to try to find help for all of you. I failed. Meanwhile the
Englishman came and saved you. Afterwards he saved me also. Uncle, in
all this I see God's hand; had it not been for this Allan none of us
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