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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: only waited in a small anteroom adjacent to the chapel, for the
Marquis, who condescended to act as bride's-man upon the
occasion. Business relating to the army having suddenly required
the Marquis's instant attention, Menteith waited his return, it
may be supposed, in some impatience; and when he heard the door
of the apartment open, he said, laughing, "You are late upon
parade."
"You will find I am too early," said Allan M'Aulay, who burst
into the apartment. "Draw, Menteith, and defend yourself like a
man, or die like a dog!"
"You are mad, Allan!" answered Menteith, astonished alike at his
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