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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: and unjust, as Myles knew it must be. He had felt angry and
resentful at the Earl's neglect, and as days passed and he was
not noticed in any way, his heart was at times very bitter.
So now Gascoyne's innocent question touched a sore spot, and
Myles spoke with a sharp, angry pain in his voice that made the
other look quickly up. "Sooner would my Lord have yonder
swineherd serve him in the household than me," said he.
"Why may that be, Myles?" said Gascoyne.
"Because," answered Myles, with the same angry bitterness in his
voice, "either the Earl is a coward that feareth to befriend me,
or else he is a caitiff, ashamed of his own flesh and blood, and
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