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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: monument had been constructed under the direction and at the sole
expense of Mr. Ratcliffe.
Before these monuments the wedding guests were assembled. They
were few in number; for many had left the castle to prepare for
the ensuing political explosion, and Ellieslaw was, in the
circumstances of the case, far from being desirous to extend
invitations farther than to those near relations whose presence
the custom of the country rendered indispensable. Next to the
altar stood Sir Frederick Langley, dark, moody, and thoughtful,
even beyond his wont, and near him, Mareschal, who was to play
the part of bridesman, as it was called. The thoughtless humour
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