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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: once, and the latter said in a low voice, "Hullo! It seems
that Colonel Ogareff and the rude personage of Ichim are
one!" Then he added in his companion's ear, "Explain
our affair, Blount. You will do me a service. This Rus-
sian colonel in the midst of a Tartar camp disgusts me; and
although, thanks to him, my head is still on my shoulders,
my eyes would exhibit my feelings were I to attempt to look
him in the face."
So saying, Alcide Jolivet assumed a look of complete and
haughty indifference.
Whether or not Ivan Ogareff perceived that the prisoner's
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