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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: Myles turned sharply, and then his very heart seemed to stand
still within him; for there, standing in the broad sunlight
without, and glaring in upon the party with baleful eyes, was the
Earl of Mackworth himself.
How long was the breathless silence that followed, Myles could
never tell. He knew that the Lady Anne had also risen, and that
she and her cousin were standing as still as statues. Presently
the Earl pointed to the house with his staff, and Myles noted
stupidly how it trembled in his hand.
"Ye wenches," said he at last, in a hard, harsh voice--"ye
wenches, what meaneth this? Would ye deceive me so, and hold
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