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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: felt his heart sink within him like that of the fox that hears
the hounds at his heels and finds his den blocked with earth
so that there is no hiding for him. But presently Sir Richard
spoke again, saying, "One thing thou canst do, Robin, and one only.
Go back to London and throw thyself upon the mercy of our
good Queen Eleanor. Come with me straightway to my castle.
Doff these clothes and put on such as my retainers wear.
Then I will hie me to London Town with a troop of men behind me,
and thou shalt mingle with them, and thus will I bring thee
to where thou mayst see and speak with the Queen. Thy only hope
is to get to Sherwood, for there none can reach thee, and thou wilt
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