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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: distrust me then, do not distrust me now."
"But the extraordinary mode of life of this man," said Miss Vere;
"his seclusion--his figure--the deepness of mis-anthropy which he
is said to express in his language--Mr. Ratcliffe, what can I
think of him if he really possesses the powers you ascribe to
him?"
"This man, young lady, was bred a Catholic, a sect which affords
a thousand instances of those who have retired from power and
affluence to voluntary privations more strict even than his."
"But he avows no religious motive," replied Miss Vere.
"No," replied Ratcliffe; "disgust with the world has operated his
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