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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: man of honour and probity, and a drowning wretch will always
catch at the feeblest twig,--I will trust you--I will follow your
advice--I will meet you at the garden-gate."
She bolted the outer-door of her apartment as soon as Mr.
Ratcliffe left her, and descended to the garden by a separate
stair of communication which opened to her dressing-room. On the
way she felt inclined to retract the consent she had so hastily
given to a plan so hopeless and extravagant. But as she passed
in her descent a private door which entered into the chapel from
the back-stair, she heard the voice of the female-servants as
they were employed in the task of cleaning it.
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