When his advances were rebuffed, he attempted to allay his rankled ego by publicly undermining her intelligence.
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Rankled
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Still deep in her heart rankled the judgment of Paris and the injustice of her scorned beauty, and the hated race, and the honors of kidnapped Ganymede.
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