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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: discussion; "the die is cast with you; allow me only to express
my sorrow for the disastrous fate to which Angus M'Aulay's
natural rashness, and your lordship's influence, are dragging my
gallant friend Allan here, with his father's clan, and many a
brave man besides."
"The die is cast for us all, Sir Duncan," replied Allan, looking
gloomy, and arguing on his own hypochondriac feelings; "the iron
hand of destiny branded our fate upon our forehead long ere we
could form a wish, or raise a finger in our own behalf. Were
this otherwise, by what means does the Seer ascertain the future
from those shadowy presages which haunt his waking and his
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