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"

Because

thou

canst

not

help

it

,

Jew

,

"

said

the

knight

,

sternly

.

"

Wert

thou

now

in

thy

treasure-chamber

at

York

,

and

were

I

craving

a

loan

of

thy

shekels

,

it

would

be

thine

to

dictate

the

time

of

payment

,

and

the

pledge

of

security

.

This

is

MY

treasure-chamber

.

Here

I

have

thee

at

advantage

,

nor

will

I

again

deign

to

repeat

the

terms

on

which

I

grant

thee

liberty

.

"

The

Jew

groaned

deeply

.

--

"

Grant

me

,

"

he

said

,

"

at

least

with

my

own

liberty

,

that

of

the

companions

with

whom

I

travel

.

They

scorned

me

as

a

Jew

,

yet

they

pitied

my

desolation

,

and

because

they

tarried

to

aid

me

by

the

way

,

a

share

of

my

evil

hath

come

upon

them

;

moreover

,

they

may

contribute

in

some

sort

to

my

ransom

.

"

"

If

thou

meanest

yonder

Saxon

churls

,

"

said

Front-de-Boeuf

,

"

their

ransom

will

depend

upon

other

terms

than

thine

.

Mind

thine

own

concerns

,

Jew

,

I

warn

thee

,

and

meddle

not

with

those

of

others

.

"

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"

I

am

,

then

,

"

said

Isaac

,

"

only

to

be

set

at

liberty

,

together

with

mine

wounded

friend

?

"

"

Shall

I

twice

recommend

it

,

"

said

Front-de-Boeuf

,

"

to

a

son

of

Israel

,

to

meddle

with

his

own

concerns

,

and

leave

those

of

others

alone

?

--

Since

thou

hast

made

thy

choice

,

it

remains

but

that

thou

payest

down

thy

ransom

,

and

that

at

a

short

day

.

"

"

Yet

hear

me

,

"

said

the

Jew

--

"

for

the

sake

of

that

very

wealth

which

thou

wouldst

obtain

at

the

expense

of

thy

--

"

Here

he

stopt

short

,

afraid

of

irritating

the

savage

Norman

.

But

Front-de-Boeuf

only

laughed

,

and

himself

filled

up

the

blank

at

which

the

Jew

had

hesitated

.

"

At

the

expense

of

my

conscience

,

thou

wouldst

say

,

Isaac

;

speak

it

out

--

I

tell

thee

,

I

am

reasonable

.

I

can

bear

the

reproaches

of

a

loser

,

even

when

that

loser

is

a

Jew

.

Thou

wert

not

so

patient

,

Isaac

,

when

thou

didst

invoke

justice

against

Jacques

Fitzdotterel

,

for

calling

thee

a

usurious

blood-sucker

,

when

thy

exactions

had

devoured

his

patrimony

.

"

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"

I

swear

by

the

Talmud

,

"

said

the

Jew

,

"

that

your

valour

has

been

misled

in

that

matter

.

Fitzdotterel

drew

his

poniard

upon

me

in

mine

own

chamber

,

because

I

craved

him

for

mine

own

silver

.

The

term

of

payment

was

due

at

the

Passover

.

"

"

I

care

not

what

he

did

,

"

said

Front-de-Boeuf

;

"

the

question

is

,

when

shall

I

have

mine

own

?

--

when

shall

I

have

the

shekels

,

Isaac

?

"

"

Let

my

daughter

Rebecca

go

forth

to

York

,

"

answered

Isaac

,

"

with

your

safe

conduct

,

noble

knight

,

and

so

soon

as

man

and

horse

can

return

,

the

treasure

--

"

Here

he

groaned

deeply

,

but

added

,

after

the

pause

of

a

few

seconds

,

--

"

The

treasure

shall

be

told

down

on

this

very

floor

.

"

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