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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: invincible Lion of the Protestant League, should be lamed among
their untenty hands!"
"Have no fear of that," said the voice of Sir Duncan, who was
nearer to him than he imagined; "my men are accustomed to handle
horses, both in embarking and dressing them, and you will soon
see Gustavus as safe as when you last dismounted from his back,"
Captain Dalgetty knew the world too well to offer any farther
remonstrance, whatever uneasiness he might suppress within his
own bosom. A step or two higher up the stair showed light and a
door, and an iron-grated wicket led him out upon a gallery cut in
the open face of the rock, extending a space of about six or
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