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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: "You forget, Joseph, that we are going to fetch the
Princess Emma first."
"But she is not on the floor above us, sire; she is upon
the same floor as we are," insisted the old man, hesitating.
"Joseph, who do you think I am?" asked Barney.
"You are the king, my lord," replied the old man.
"Then do as your king commands," said the American
sharply.
Joseph turned with dubious mutterings and approached
the tiled panel at the left of the fireplace. Here he fumbled
about for a moment until his fingers found the hidden catch
The Mad King | 
