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forget," he continued. "If the king must disgorge what is bringing money into his purse or, perhaps, deprive a favorite of what he has gifted to him, there would be a temptation to maintain the state of enmity. You know how he has stripped de Burgh, little by little, of everything he could."
"I agree," Ian said emphatically. "Only stay out of his hands until he has recovered from this fever, and all will be well. The words of outlawry are easily revoked when no other real amends must be made."

 
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