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OF an, Wi A eaten On en gg ET aed ore Mc i 0 8, , Six mark Questions, 3, , , , , , Tolstoy’s story ‘Too Dear!’ gives us a picture of a tiny kingdom with all its, pomp and vanity. The kingdom is small in terms of size and strength. But it, has all the things that form a system in a huge country. It narrates in detail, how a crime is dealt with and how a criminal is rewarded. This comes as a, shock to the readers., , The ruler of Monaco is a sovereign. He has his ministers, courtiers, army, and councils. When a crime occurs, the criminal is brought to the court, trialed, and condemned to death. He cannot be executed because they do not have, , _ the system to carry it out. They decide to alter the death sentence. The crimi, nal is given the reward of life imprisonment. They find it expensive to maintain the cost and suggest to the criminal to run away. When this suggestion, , is not accepted by the criminal, they offer him a pension and ease his way to, , a happy life., , Encourage - 71