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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: "The night's very dark," said Hobbie, rising and looking through
the casement of the cottage; "and, to speak truth, and shame the
deil, though Elshie's a real honest fallow, yet somegate I would
rather take daylight wi' me when I gang to visit him."
This frank avowal put a stop to further argument; and Hobbie,
having thus compromised matters between the rashness of his
brother's counsel, and the timid cautions which he received from
his grandmother, refreshed himself with such food as the cottage
afforded; and, after a cordial salutation all round, retired to
the shed, and stretched himself beside his trusty palfrey. His
brothers shared between them some trusses of clean straw,
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