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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: "My dear Lord," said the young knight, "I give you gramercy for
the great honor you do me in coming so early for to visit me."
"Nay, Myles, give me no thanks," said the Prince, frankly
reaching him his hand, which Myles took and set to his lips. "I
lay bethinking me of thee this morning, while yet in bed, and so,
as I could not sleep any more, I was moved to come hither to see
thee."
Quite a number of the Prince's faction were at the breakfast at
Scotland Yard that morning; among others, the Earl of Mackworth.
All were more or less oppressed with anxiety, for nearly all of
them had staked much upon the coming battle. If Alban conquered,
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