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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "The king is dead," he said.
Maenck raised himself upon an elbow. He spoke feebly.
"You fools," he cried. "That man was not the king. I saw
him steal the king's clothes at Blentz and I followed him
here. He is the American--the impostor." Then his eyes,
circling the faces about him to note the results of his an-
nouncements, fell upon the face of the man in the red hunt-
ing coat. Amazement and wonder were in his face. Slowly
he raised his finger and pointed.
"There is the king," he said.
Every eye turned in the direction he indicated. Exclama-
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