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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: short, he bestowed on him all the customary assurances with which
those who are determined on a rash action are wont to parry the
advice of their friends.
Meantime, the traveller accepted the landlord's invitation, and
had just finished the excellent breakfast, which was served to
him and Gosling by pretty Cicely, the beauty of the bar, when the
hero of the preceding night, Michael Lambourne, entered the
apartment. His toilet had apparently cost him some labour, for
his clothes, which differed from those he wore on his journey,
were of the newest fashion, and put on with great attention to
the display of his person.
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