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"Now, who be ye, would cross Lochgyle, This dark and stormy weather?" "O, Pm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this, Lord Ullin's daughter".    (a) Who does the speaker interrogate and why? (b) Who were the two daring to cross the Lochgyle? (c) What is Lochgyle? Why was it unusual to cross Lochgyle?

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                (a) The speaker interrogates the Chief of Diva because the latter is asking him to hurry to ferry them in the dark and stormy night. (b)The two who dared to cross Lochgyle were the Chieftain of Diva Isle and his lover, Lord Ullin's daughter. (c) Lochgyle is a sea loch which separates  Gribun from Diva. It was unsafe to cross Lochgyle because it was dark and stormy over the dangerous loch.