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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: and the young ruler had gone red with anger.
"Butzow," he cried, "bring the fellow back; he shall be
taught a lesson in the deference that is due kings."
Butzow hesitated. "He has risked his life a dozen times
for your majesty," said the lieutenant.
Leopold flushed.
"Do not humiliate him, sire," advised Von der Tann. "He
has earned a greater reward at your hands than that."
The king resumed his pacing for a moment, coming to a
halt once more before the two.
"We shall take no notice of his insolence," he said, "and
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