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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: the eagle's feather in his bonnet, and the confidence of his
demeanour, announced to be a person of superior rank. He walked
slowly up to the table, and made no answer to Lord Menteith, who,
addressing him by the name of Allan, asked him how he did.
"Ye manna speak to her e'en now," whispered the old attendant.
The tall Highlander, sinking down upon the empty settle next the
fire, fixed his eyes upon the red embers and the huge heap of
turf, and seemed buried in profound abstraction. His dark eyes,
and wild and enthusiastic features, bore the air of one who,
deeply impressed with his own subjects of meditation, pays little
attention to exterior objects. An air of gloomy severity, the
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