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An unoccupied area or volume. The empty space at the sides of the page is called the "margin". He spends all his time staring into empty space. Vacuum; a space containing nothing at all.
Answer: C. He is in conflict with Ellen's family, and he resolves it by carrying Ellen away from her wedding.
The conflict that happens in Sir Walter Scott's poem is between Lochinvar and his lover's family, Ellen's. The conflict started when Ellen's father rejected Lochinvar when he asked for his daughter's hand in marriage.
