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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: rarely; I love it of all things, though I never heard it."
"Then how canst thou love it, Flibbertigibbet?" said Wayland.
"As knights love ladies in old tales," answered Dickie--"on
hearsay."
"Then love it on hearsay a little longer, till my sister is
recovered from the fatigue of her journey," said Wayland;
muttering afterwards betwixt his teeth, "The devil take the imp's
curiosity! I must keep fair weather with him, or we shall fare
the worse."
He then proceeded to state to Master Holiday his own talents as a
juggler, with those of his sister as a musician. Some proof of
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