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Out spoke the hardy Highland wight, I’ll go, my chief -I’m ready: It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady:

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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

Out spoke the hardy Highland wight,
I’ll go, my chief -I’m ready:
It is not for your silver bright,
But for your winsome lady:

Paraphrase: The brave Highland toughman spoke that he was ready to take his chief over the ferry. He would do so not because he would give him a bright silver pound. He would take them over the ferry only for his beautiful and attractive bride.

(a) Who was the hardy Highland wight?

(b) Who is the winsome lady?

(c) What trait of the boatman’s character is revealed in these lines?

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(a) The hardy Highland Wight being described here was the boatman.

(b) The winsome lady is Lord Ullin’s daughter.

(c) The boatman is a brave and kind-hearted man.

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