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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: expected of me more than was possible to any man."
"You have wasted your time in London, sir," the Duke explained. "We
sent you thither counting upon your loyalty and devotion to ourselves.
What have you done?"
"As much as a man could..." Wilding began, when Grey again interrupted
him.
"As little as a man could," he answered. "Were His Grace not the most
foolishly clement prince in Christendom, a halter would be your reward
for the fine things you have done in London."
Mr. Wilding stiffened visibly, his long white face grew set, and his
slanting eyes looked wicked. He was not a man readily moved to anger,
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