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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs:
With that the dator threw a well-filled money-pouch upon the table.
Solan opened the pouch and with trembling fingers counted its contents.
His weird eyes assumed a greedy expression, and his unkempt beard
and mustache twitched with the muscles of his mouth and chin.
It was quite evident from his very mannerism that Thurid had
keenly guessed the man's weakness--even the clawlike, clutching
movement of the fingers betokened the avariciousness of the miser.
Having satisfied himself that the amount was correct, Solan
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