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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: mother's side some Mongolian blood, he delighted in de-
ceptive strategy and ambuscades, stopping short of nothing
when he desired to fathom some secret or to set some trap.
Deceitful by nature, he willingly had recourse to the vilest
trickery; lying when occasion demanded, excelling in the
adoption of all disguises and in every species of deception.
Further, he was cruel, and had even acted as an executioner.
Feofar-Khan possessed in him a lieutenant well capable of
seconding his designs in this savage war.
When Michael Strogoff arrived on the banks of the
Irtych, Ivan Ogareff was already master of Omsk, and was
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