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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: my life in dignity and honour on my own broad domains, with thee,
my lovely Amy, for my friend and companion! But, Amy, this
cannot yet be; and these dear but stolen interviews are all I can
give to the loveliest and the best beloved of her sex."
"But WHY can it not be?" urged the Countess, in the softest
tones of persuasion--"why can it not immediately take place--this
more perfect, this uninterrupted union, for which you say you
wish, and which the laws of God and man alike command? Ah! did
you but desire it half as much as you say, mighty and favoured as
you are, who or what should bar your attaining your wish?"
The Earl's brow was overcast.
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