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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: and anxious as the partridge robbed of her young by the
reaper.
In fact, Gryphus was beginning to dig the soil with his
crooked fingers.
"Take care, sir, take care," said Cornelius, growing quite
pale.
"Care of what? Zounds! of what?" roared the jailer.
"Take care, I say, you will crush it, Master Gryphus."
And with a rapid and almost frantic movement he snatched the
jug from the hands of Gryphus, and hid it like a treasure
under his arms.
The Black Tulip | 
