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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: The first word alone was distinctly audible. Mareschal shrugged
up his shoulders and stepped back. Ellieslaw led, or rather
supported, his daughter to the altar. Sir Frederick moved
forward and placed himself by her side. The clergyman opened his
prayer-book, and looked to Mr. Vere for the signal to commence
the service.
"Proceed," said the latter.
But a voice, as if issuing from the tomb of his deceased wife,
called, in such loud and harsh accents as awakened every echo in
the vaulted chapel, "Forbear!"
All were mute and motionless, till a distant rustle, and the
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