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All
were
silent
;
for
none
thought
it
safe
,
in
the
presence
of
the
Grand
Master
,
to
avow
any
interest
in
the
calumniated
prisoner
,
lest
he
should
be
suspected
of
leaning
towards
Judaism
.
Not
even
the
prospect
of
reward
,
far
less
any
feelings
of
compassion
alone
,
could
surmount
this
apprehension
.
Rebecca
stood
for
a
few
moments
in
indescribable
anxiety
,
and
then
exclaimed
,
"
Is
it
really
thus
?
--
And
,
in
English
land
,
am
I
to
be
deprived
of
the
poor
chance
of
safety
which
remains
to
me
,
for
want
of
an
act
of
charity
which
would
not
be
refused
to
the
worst
criminal
?
"
Higg
,
the
son
of
Snell
,
at
length
replied
,
"
I
am
but
a
maimed
man
,
but
that
I
can
at
all
stir
or
move
was
owing
to
her
charitable
assistance
.
--
I
will
do
thine
errand
,
"
he
added
,
addressing
Rebecca
,
"
as
well
as
a
crippled
object
can
,
and
happy
were
my
limbs
fleet
enough
to
repair
the
mischief
done
by
my
tongue
.
Alas
!
when
I
boasted
of
thy
charity
,
I
little
thought
I
was
leading
thee
into
danger
!
"
"
God
,
"
said
Rebecca
,
"
is
the
disposer
of
all
.
He
can
turn
back
the
captivity
of
Judah
,
even
by
the
weakest
instrument
.
To
execute
his
message
the
snail
is
as
sure
a
messenger
as
the
falcon
.
Seek
out
Isaac
of
York
--
here
is
that
will
pay
for
horse
and
man
--
let
him
have
this
scroll
.
--
I
know
not
if
it
be
of
Heaven
the
spirit
which
inspires
me
,
but
most
truly
do
I
judge
that
I
am
not
to
die
this
death
,
and
that
a
champion
will
be
raised
up
for
me
.
Farewell
!
--
Life
and
death
are
in
thy
haste
.
"
The
peasant
took
the
scroll
,
which
contained
only
a
few
lines
in
Hebrew
.
Many
of
the
crowd
would
have
dissuaded
him
from
touching
a
document
so
suspicious
;
but
Higg
was
resolute
in
the
service
of
his
benefactress
.
She
had
saved
his
body
,
he
said
,
and
he
was
confident
she
did
not
mean
to
peril
his
soul
.
"
I
will
get
me
,
"
he
said
,
"
my
neighbour
Buthan
's
good
capul
,
and
I
will
be
at
York
within
as
brief
space
as
man
and
beast
may
.
"
But
as
it
fortuned
,
he
had
no
occasion
to
go
so
far
,
for
within
a
quarter
of
a
mile
from
the
gate
of
the
Preceptory
he
met
with
two
riders
,
whom
,
by
their
dress
and
their
huge
yellow
caps
,
he
knew
to
be
Jews
;
and
,
on
approaching
more
nearly
,
discovered
that
one
of
them
was
his
ancient
employer
,
Isaac
of
York
.
The
other
was
the
Rabbi
Ben
Samuel
;
and
both
had
approached
as
near
to
the
Preceptory
as
they
dared
,
on
hearing
that
the
Grand
Master
had
summoned
a
chapter
for
the
trial
of
a
sorceress
.
"
Brother
Ben
Samuel
,
"
said
Isaac
,
"
my
soul
is
disquieted
,
and
I
wot
not
why
.
This
charge
of
necromancy
is
right
often
used
for
cloaking
evil
practices
on
our
people
.
"
"
Be
of
good
comfort
,
brother
,
"
said
the
physician
;
"
thou
canst
deal
with
the
Nazarenes
as
one
possessing
the
mammon
of
unrighteousness
,
and
canst
therefore
purchase
immunity
at
their
hands
--
it
rules
the
savage
minds
of
those
ungodly
men
,
even
as
the
signet
of
the
mighty
Solomon
was
said
to
command
the
evil
genii
.
--
But
what
poor
wretch
comes
hither
upon
his
crutches
,
desiring
,
as
I
think
,
some
speech
of
me
?
--
Friend
,
"
continued
the
physician
,
addressing
Higg
,
the
son
of
Snell
,
"
I
refuse
thee
not
the
aid
of
mine
art
,
but
I
relieve
not
with
one
asper
those
who
beg
for
alms
upon
the
highway
.
Out
upon
thee
!
--
Hast
thou
the
palsy
in
thy
legs
?
then
let
thy
hands
work
for
thy
livelihood
;
for
,
albeit
thou
be
's
t
unfit
for
a
speedy
post
,
or
for
a
careful
shepherd
,
or
for
the
warfare
,
or
for
the
service
of
a
hasty
master
,
yet
there
be
occupations
--
How
now
,
brother
?
"
said
he
,
interrupting
his
harangue
to
look
towards
Isaac
,
who
had
but
glanced
at
the
scroll
which
Higg
offered
,
when
,
uttering
a
deep
groan
,
he
fell
from
his
mule
like
a
dying
man
,
and
lay
for
a
minute
insensible
.
