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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: execution. But let us hasten on, for the sound will collect the
country to the spot."
So saying, he spurred his horse, and Tressilian also quickening
his speed, they rode briskly forward.
"This, then, was the meaning of the little imp's token which he
promised us?" said Tressilian. "Had we lingered near the spot,
we had found it a love-token with a vengeance."
"He would have given us warning," said the smith. "I saw him
look back more than once to see if we were off--'tis a very
devil for mischief, yet not an ill-natured devil either. It were
long to tell your honour how I became first acquainted with him,
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