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Ok please dont say that my answer was wrong but this is what from I think:
I think that it was offensive to them to say that it FELL since they are royal in their own ways and they probably like it as if it were said to be : "fallen"? They probably don't like admitting defeat so they try to make it present or like really cool in their own ways. DISCLAIMER: WHAT I THINK!!!
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The awnser is B!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Operators of the new railroad lines needed a new time plan that would offer a uniform train schedule for departures and arrivals.
Scarlett letter
there its a book dedicated to the story