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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: the Countess, prejudiced as she was against him on many accounts,
felt and enjoyed his powers of conversation, and was more
disposed than she had ever hitherto found herself to join in the
praises which the Earl lavished on his favourite. The hour of
rest at length arrived, the Earl and Countess retired to their
apartment, and all was silent in the castle for the rest of the
night.
Early on the ensuing morning, Varney acted as the Earl's
chamberlain as well as his master of horse, though the latter was
his proper office in that magnificent household, where knights
and gentlemen of good descent were well contented to hold such
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