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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: you unpleasant advice on any topic. You must look to yourself."
At this moment four ruffians rushed upon them. Mr. Vere and his
servant drew their hangers, which it was the fashion of the time
to wear, and attempted to defend themselves and protect Isabella.
But while each of them was engaged by an antagonist, she was
forced into the thicket by the two remaining villains, who placed
her and themselves on horses which stood ready behind the copse-
wood. They mounted at the same time, and, placing her between
them, set of at a round gallop, holding the reins of her horse on
each side. By many an obscure and winding path, over dale and
down, through moss and moor, she was conveyed to the tower of
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