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To
the
enquiries
of
Athelstane
and
Cedric
,
the
old
Jew
could
for
some
time
only
answer
by
invoking
the
protection
of
all
the
patriarchs
of
the
Old
Testament
successively
against
the
sons
of
Ishmael
,
who
were
coming
to
smite
them
,
hip
and
thigh
,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword
.
When
he
began
to
come
to
himself
out
of
this
agony
of
terror
,
Isaac
of
York
(
for
it
was
our
old
friend
)
was
at
length
able
to
explain
,
that
he
had
hired
a
body-guard
of
six
men
at
Ashby
,
together
with
mules
for
carrying
the
litter
of
a
sick
friend
.
This
party
had
undertaken
to
escort
him
as
far
as
Doncaster
.
They
had
come
thus
far
in
safety
;
but
having
received
information
from
a
wood-cutter
that
there
was
a
strong
band
of
outlaws
lying
in
wait
in
the
woods
before
them
,
Isaac
's
mercenaries
had
not
only
taken
flight
,
but
had
carried
off
with
them
the
horses
which
bore
the
litter
and
left
the
Jew
and
his
daughter
without
the
means
either
of
defence
or
of
retreat
,
to
be
plundered
,
and
probably
murdered
,
by
the
banditti
,
who
they
expected
every
moment
would
bring
down
upon
them
.
"
Would
it
but
please
your
valours
,
"
added
Isaac
,
in
a
tone
of
deep
humiliation
,
"
to
permit
the
poor
Jews
to
travel
under
your
safeguard
,
I
swear
by
the
tables
of
our
law
,
that
never
has
favour
been
conferred
upon
a
child
of
Israel
since
the
days
of
our
captivity
,
which
shall
be
more
gratefully
acknowledged
.
"
"
Dog
of
a
Jew
!
"
said
Athelstane
,
whose
memory
was
of
that
petty
kind
which
stores
up
trifles
of
all
kinds
,
but
particularly
trifling
offences
,
"
dost
not
remember
how
thou
didst
beard
us
in
the
gallery
at
the
tilt-yard
?
Fight
or
flee
,
or
compound
with
the
outlaws
as
thou
dost
list
,
ask
neither
aid
nor
company
from
us
;
and
if
they
rob
only
such
as
thee
,
who
rob
all
the
world
,
I
,
for
mine
own
share
,
shall
hold
them
right
honest
folk
.
"
Cedric
did
not
assent
to
the
severe
proposal
of
his
companion
.
"
We
shall
do
better
,
"
said
he
,
"
to
leave
them
two
of
our
attendants
and
two
horses
to
convey
them
back
to
the
next
village
.
It
will
diminish
our
strength
but
little
;
and
with
your
good
sword
,
noble
Athelstane
,
and
the
aid
of
those
who
remain
,
it
will
be
light
work
for
us
to
face
twenty
of
those
runagates
.
"
Rowena
,
somewhat
alarmed
by
the
mention
of
outlaws
in
force
,
and
so
near
them
,
strongly
seconded
the
proposal
of
her
guardian
.
But
Rebecca
suddenly
quitting
her
dejected
posture
,
and
making
her
way
through
the
attendants
to
the
palfrey
of
the
Saxon
lady
,
knelt
down
,
and
,
after
the
Oriental
fashion
in
addressing
superiors
,
kissed
the
hem
of
Rowena
's
garment
.
Then
rising
,
and
throwing
back
her
veil
,
she
implored
her
in
the
great
name
of
the
God
whom
they
both
worshipped
,
and
by
that
revelation
of
the
Law
upon
Mount
Sinai
,
in
which
they
both
believed
,
that
she
would
have
compassion
upon
them
,
and
suffer
them
to
go
forward
under
their
safeguard
.
"
It
is
not
for
myself
that
I
pray
this
favour
,
"
said
Rebecca
;
"
nor
is
it
even
for
that
poor
old
man
.
I
know
that
to
wrong
and
to
spoil
our
nation
is
a
light
fault
,
if
not
a
merit
,
with
the
Christians
;
and
what
is
it
to
us
whether
it
be
done
in
the
city
,
in
the
desert
,
or
in
the
field
?
But
it
is
in
the
name
of
one
dear
to
many
,
and
dear
even
to
you
,
that
I
beseech
you
to
let
this
sick
person
be
transported
with
care
and
tenderness
under
your
protection
.
For
,
if
evil
chance
him
,
the
last
moment
of
your
life
would
be
embittered
with
regret
for
denying
that
which
I
ask
of
you
.
"
The
noble
and
solemn
air
with
which
Rebecca
made
this
appeal
,
gave
it
double
weight
with
the
fair
Saxon
.
"
The
man
is
old
and
feeble
,
"
she
said
to
her
guardian
,
"
the
maiden
young
and
beautiful
,
their
friend
sick
and
in
peril
of
his
life
--
Jews
though
they
be
,
we
can
not
as
Christians
leave
them
in
this
extremity
.
Let
them
unload
two
of
the
sumpter-mules
,
and
put
the
baggage
behind
two
of
the
serfs
.
The
mules
may
transport
the
litter
,
and
we
have
led
horses
for
the
old
man
and
his
daughter
.
"
Cedric
readily
assented
to
what
she
proposed
,
and
Athelstane
only
added
the
condition
,
"
that
they
should
travel
in
the
rear
of
the
whole
party
,
where
Wamba
,
"
he
said
,
"
might
attend
them
with
his
shield
of
boar
's
brawn
.
"
"
I
have
left
my
shield
in
the
tilt-yard
,
"
answered
the
Jester
,
"
as
has
been
the
fate
of
many
a
better
knight
than
myself
.
"
