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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: Varney desired to speak with his lordship, he replied only by a
sullen nod. Varney, however, entered, accepting this signal as a
permission, and the chamberlain withdrew.
The Earl remained silent and almost motionless in his chair, his
head reclined on his hand, and his elbow resting upon the table
which stood beside him, without seeming to be conscious of the
entrance or of the presence of his confidant. Varney waited for
some minutes until he should speak, desirous to know what was the
finally predominant mood of a mind through which so many powerful
emotions had that day taken their course. But he waited in vain,
for Leicester continued still silent, and the confidant saw
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