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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: perpetrated the appearance of private animosity, or love of
plunder; and Earnscliff was now disposed to regard it as a
symptom of civil war. The young gentleman greeted Hobbie with
the most sincere sympathy, and informed him of the news he had
received.
"Then, may I never stir frae the bit," said Elliot, "if auld
Ellieslaw is not at the bottom o' the haill villainy! Ye see
he's leagued wi' the Cumberland Catholics; and that agrees weel
wi' what Elshie hinted about Westburnflat, for Ellieslaw aye
protected him, and he will want to harry and disarm the country
about his ain hand before he breaks out."
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