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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: into my mind, and I felt that whatever might be the case with my outward
form; in spirit, in courage, in determination and in ability, in all, in
short, that really makes a man, I was more than Pereira's equal. Yes,
and that by the help of these qualities, poor as I was and frail as I
seemed to be, I would beat him at the last and keep for myself what I
had won, the prize of Marie's love.
Such were the thoughts which passed through me, and I think that
something of the tenor of them communicated itself to Marie, who often
could read my heart before my lips spoke. At any rate, her demeanour
changed. She drew herself up. Her fine nostrils expanded and a proud
look came into her dark eyes, as she nodded her head and murmured in a
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