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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: I will cut thee over the pate."
"Peace, I pray thee, good Wayland!" said the boy. "Credit me,
the swaggering vein will not pass here; you must cut boon whids."
["Give good words."--SLANG DIALECT.]
"I think, worshipful sir," said the smith, sinking his hammer,
and assuming a more gentle and submissive tone of voice, "that
when so poor a man does his day's job, he might be permitted to
work it out after his own fashion. Your horse is shod, and your
farrier paid--what need you cumber yourself further than to mount
and pursue your journey?"
"Nay, friend, you are mistaken," replied Tressilian; "every man
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