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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: I think I had reason to complain that these remittances were only
doled out to me at the pleasure of Mr. Ratcliffe, who, moreover,
exacted from me mortgages over my paternal estate of Ellieslaw
for any sums which I required as an extra advance; and thus may
be said to have insinuated himself into the absolute management
and control of my property. Or, if all this seeming friendship
was employed by Sir Edward for the purpose of obtaining a
complete command of my affairs, and acquiring the power of
ruining me at his pleasure, I feel myself, I must repeat, still
less bound by the alleged obligation.
"About the autumn of last year, as I understand, either his own
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