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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: intrusion in future, at last succeeded in pacifying him. The
gnome now became more communicative, and spoke of himself as
belonging to a species of beings something between the angelic
race and humanity. He added, moreover, which could hardly have
been anticipated, that he had hopes of sharing in the redemption
of the race of Adam. He pressed the sportsman to visit his
dwelling, which he said was hard by, and plighted his faith for
his safe return. But at this moment, the shout of the
sportsman's companion was heard calling for his friend, and the
dwarf, as if unwilling that more than one person should be
cognisant of his presence, disappeared as the young man emerged
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