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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: "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
sensible of his great personal strength, his hand closing on her
like the gripe of a manacle.
"Shall I take the harp?" she said, in a timid voice; "is--is
the shadow falling upon you?"
Instead of replying, he led her to the window of the apartment,
which commanded a view of the field of the slain, with all its
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