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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: confessed he should have been very uneasy, and would have
despatched persons in quest of them. But, in the company of the
Master of Ravenswood, he knew his daughter had nothing to dread."
Lucy commenced some apology for their long delay, but,
conscience-struck, becames confused as she proceeded; and when
Ravenswood, coming to her assistance, endeavoured to render the
explanation complete and satisfactory, he only involved himself
in the same disorder, like one who, endeavouring to extricate his
companion from a slough, entangles himself in the same tenacious
swamp. It cannot be supposed that the confusion of the two
youthful lovers escaped the observation of the sublte lawyer,
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