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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: when Allan M'Aulay suddenly entered the apartment. She started,
for she had heard that he had left the camp upon a distant
mission; and, however accustomed she was to the gloom of his
countenance, it seemed at present to have even a darker shade
than usual. He stood before her perfectly silent, and she felt
the necessity of being the first to speak.
"I thought," she said, with some effort, "you had already set
out."
"My companion awaits me," said Allan; "I go instantly."
Yet still he stood before her, and held her by the arm, with a
pressure which, though insufficient to give her pain, made her
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