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A burdened public leader walks the city consumed by remorse over having sent young men to war, questioning his judgment and feeling the weight of families' losses. A child’s plea for toy soldiers interrupts his despair, and a fleeting paternal tenderness leads him into a modest toy shop. Amid dolls, wooden horses, and simple amusements, the experience softens his gloom and forces him to confront the moral conflict between authority and compassion, contrasting the comforts of childhood with the consequences of his decisions.
In general every effort has been made to replicate the original text as faithfully as possible, which may include some instances of no longer standard spelling. The hyphenation is occasionally variable, notably in the usage of "Toy Shop" in the cover pages and toy-shop elsewhere; this has not been altered.