Another excerpt from the free book
We may rescue you fair damsel, but it depends on what you say” said the man.
“WHAT?” said Sharon, “WHAT MORE CAN I SAY? WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? A FAIR DAMSEL, TALL TOWER, DARK FOREST, EVIL DWARF, WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? I NEED HELP!”
The four horsemen said nothing.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING? RESCUE ME FROM THIS TOWER, BEFORE SHRUBEGEOG RETURNS.”
The four horsemen said nothing.
“Are you going to help me?” sobbed Sharon, “What are you doing? It is just my luck for my screams to attract four rescuers who won’t rescue me at all.”
“We are assessing the rhetorical situation,” said the man “And we need to know what the exigence is before we can modify it.”
“Who are you? Are you the servants of the evil dwarf come to torment me?” wailed Sharon.
“We are the four Musketeers, three of whom are Rhetorical Musketeers – O damsel in distress, we want to help you, but you have to appeal to the other three in the correct way.”
“WHAT!” screamed Sharon, “Sorry, what do you mean, what is an exigence?”
“An exigence is when something is other than it should be,” said the man.

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