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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: "C'est tres gentil de sa part," said one of the
ladies of the imperial family.
The Emperor sighed, shrugged his shoulders,
adorned with epaulettes. "The law," he said;
and raised his glass for the groom of the chamber
to pour out some Moselle.
All those present pretended to admire the wis-
dom of the sovereign's words. There was no
further question about the telegram. The two
peasants, the old man and the young boy, were
hanged by a Tartar hangman from Kazan, a cruel
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