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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: "I am ready."
Michael Strogoff had only just time to draw the leathern
curtains, when the storm was upon them.
The iemschik leapt from his seat and seized the horses'
heads, for terrible danger threatened the whole party.
The tarantass was at a standstill at a turning of the
road, down which swept the hurricane; it was absolutely
necessary to hold the animals' heads to the wind, for if the
carriage was taken broadside it must infallibly capsize and
be dashed over the precipice. The frightened horses reared,
and their driver could not manage to quiet them. His
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