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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: liquor, and who was one of those unfortunate persons who, being
once stirred with the vinous stimulus, do not fall asleep like
other drunkards, but remain partially influenced by it for many
hours, until at length, by successive draughts, they are elevated
into a state of uncontrollable frenzy. Like many men in this
state also, Lambourne neither lost the power of motion, speech,
or expression; but, on the contrary, spoke with unwonted emphasis
and readiness, and told all that at another time he would have
been most desirous to keep secret.
"What!" ejaculated Michael, at the full extent of his voice, "am
I to have no welcome, no carouse, when I have brought fortune to
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