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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: "Your Grace," Mr. Wilding pursued, his air calm and dignified, and
gathering more dignity from the circumstance that he proceeded as if
there had been no interruption, "when I had the honour of conferring
with you at The Hague two months ago, it was agreed that you should
spend the summer in Sweden - away from politics and scheming, leaving
the work of preparation to your accredited agents here. That work I
have been slowly but surely pushing forward. It was not to be hurried;
men of position are not to be won over in a day; men with anything to
lose need some guarantee that they are not wantonly casting their
possessions to the winds. By next spring, as was agreed, all would have
been ready. Delay could not have hurt you. Indeed, with every day by
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