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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: 'It is said to be unpalatable. Did monsieur find it so?'
With surprising vivacity the Colonel woke from his lethargy. He
was between us ere another word could pass.
'Shame, gentlemen!' he said. 'Is this a time for Frenchmen and
fellow-soldiers to fall out? We are in the midst of our enemies; a
quarrel, a loud word, may suffice to plunge us back into
irretrievable distress. MONSIEUR LE COMMANDANT, you have been
gravely offended. I make it my request, I make it my prayer - if
need be, I give you my orders - that the matter shall stand by
until we come safe to France. Then, if you please, I will serve
you in any capacity. And for you, young man, you have shown all
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