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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: your life and honour. Rise, my lord, and let my hand go--rise,
and be what you have ever been, the grace of our court and the
support of our throne! Your mistress may be forced to chide your
misdemeanours, but never without owning your merits.--And so help
me God," she added, turning to the audience, who, with various
feelings, witnessed this interesting scene--"so help me God,
gentlemen, as I think never sovereign had a truer servant than I
have in this noble Earl!"
A murmur of assent rose from the Leicestrian faction, which the
friends of Sussex dared not oppose. They remained with their
eyes fixed on the ground, dismayed as well as mortified by the
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