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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: rather regretted that the American had not been the king,
and he hated the old man accordingly, and was commenc-
ing to hate the American as well.
Prince Ludwig stood looking at the carpet after the king
had spoken. His judgment told him that the king's sug-
gestion was a wise one; but he was sorry and ashamed that
it had come from Leopold. Butzow's lips almost showed
the contempt that he felt for the ingratitude of his king.
Barney Custer was the first to speak.
"I think his majesty is quite right," he said, "and tonight
I can leave the palace after dark and cross the border some
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