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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: tentively, putting his ear to the ground.
"It is a detachment of cavalry coming by the road from
Omsk," he said to himself. "They are marching very
quickly, for the noise is increasing. Are they Russians
or Tartars?"
Michael again listened. "Yes," said he, "they are at a
sharp trot. My horse cannot outstrip them. If they are
Russians I will join them; if Tartars I must avoid them.
But how? Where can I hide in this steppe?"
He gave a look around, and, through the darkness, dis-
covered a confused mass at a hundred paces before him on
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