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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: by abandoning the King's party.
Montrose allowed the force of these arguments, and owned,
although the matter was attended with difficulty, yet it seemed
consistent with the King's service that it should be concluded as
speedily as possible.
"I could wish," said he, "that it were all settled in one way or
another, and that this fair Briseis were removed from our camp
before the return of our Highland Achilles, Allan M'Aulay.--I
fear some fatal feud in that quarter, Menteith--and I believe it
would be best that Sir Duncan be dismissed on his parole, and
that you accompany him and his daughter as his escort. The
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