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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: "But through that loophole," said Matilda, "will I take my flight,
like a young eagle from its eerie; and, father, while I go out freely,
I will return willingly: but if once I slip out through a loop-hole----"
She paused a moment, and then added, singing,--
The love that follows fain
Will never its faith betray:
But the faith that is held in a chain
Will never be found again,
If a single link give way.
The melody acted irresistibly on the harmonious propensities of the friar,
who accordingly sang in his turn,--
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