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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: as we say in the glens, until better meat be ready, until the
Tiernach comes back frae the hill wi' the southern gentlefolk,
and then Dugald Cook will show himself wi' his kid and hill
venison.''
In the meantime, Captain Dalgetty had entered the apartment, and
walking up to the seat placed next Lord Menteith, was leaning on
the back of it with his arms folded. Anderson and his companion
waited at the bottom of the table, in a respectful attitude,
until they should receive permission to seat themselves; while
three or four Highlanders, under the direction of old Donald, ran
hither and thither to bring additional articles of food, or stood
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