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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: Pale with rage and shame, Ogareff remembered that he
wore a sword. He drew it and returned a second time to
the charge. A blind man! Ogareff had only to deal with
a blind man! He was more than a match for him!
Nadia, terrified at the danger which threatened her com-
panion ran to the door calling for help!
"Close the door, Nadia!" said Michael. "Call no one,
and leave me alone! The Czar's courier has nothing to fear
to-day from this villain! Let him come on, if he dares!
I am ready for him."
In the mean time, Ogareff, gathering himself together
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