How do the other men react when sykes enters the store with Bertha?

Line 61-81: explain what opposing view king is addressing in this counter argument line 82-87: what is the effect of king mentioning his nobel prize?

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of julius caesar. servant. thus, brutus, did my master bid me kneel. thus did mark antony bid me fall down, and, being prostrate, thus he bade me say. "brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest. caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving. say i love brutus, and i honour him. say i feared caesar, honoured him, and loved him. if brutus will vouchsafe that antony may safely come to him and be resolved how caesar hath deserved to lie in death, mark antony shall not love caesar dead so well as brutus living, but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble brutus thorough the hazards of this untrod state with all true faith.” so says my master antony

Nthis poem by ruskin bond, what does the use of the word heart-beats suggest about the narrator's attitude toward life?