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: as we have all thought," he said. "Certainly," and he let his
eyes rest upon Emma von der Tann, "you are not mentally
deficient in so far as your judgment of a good-looking woman
is concerned. I could not have made a better selection my-
self.
"As for my familiarity with your appearance, you know
as well as I that I have never seen you before. But that is
not necessary--you conform perfectly to the printed descrip-
tion of you with which the kingdom is flooded. Were that
not enough, the fact that you were discovered with old Von
der Tann's daughter is sufficient to remove the least doubt
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