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While
this
dirge
was
sung
,
in
a
low
and
melancholy
tone
,
by
the
female
choristers
,
the
others
were
divided
into
two
bands
,
of
which
one
was
engaged
in
bedecking
,
with
such
embroidery
as
their
skill
and
taste
could
compass
,
a
large
silken
pall
,
destined
to
cover
the
bier
of
Athelstane
,
while
the
others
busied
themselves
in
selecting
,
from
baskets
of
flowers
placed
before
them
,
garlands
,
which
they
intended
for
the
same
mournful
purpose
.
The
behaviour
of
the
maidens
was
decorous
,
if
not
marked
with
deep
affliction
;
but
now
and
then
a
whisper
or
a
smile
called
forth
the
rebuke
of
the
severer
matrons
,
and
here
and
there
might
be
seen
a
damsel
more
interested
in
endeavouring
to
find
out
how
her
mourning-robe
became
her
,
than
in
the
dismal
ceremony
for
which
they
were
preparing
.
Neither
was
this
propensity
(
if
we
must
needs
confess
the
truth
)
at
all
diminished
by
the
appearance
of
two
strange
knights
,
which
occasioned
some
looking
up
,
peeping
,
and
whispering
.
Rowena
alone
,
too
proud
to
be
vain
,
paid
her
greeting
to
her
deliverer
with
a
graceful
courtesy
.
Her
demeanour
was
serious
,
but
not
dejected
;
and
it
may
be
doubted
whether
thoughts
of
Ivanhoe
,
and
of
the
uncertainty
of
his
fate
,
did
not
claim
as
great
a
share
in
her
gravity
as
the
death
of
her
kinsman
.
To
Cedric
,
however
,
who
,
as
we
have
observed
,
was
not
remarkably
clear-sighted
on
such
occasions
,
the
sorrow
of
his
ward
seemed
so
much
deeper
than
any
of
the
other
maidens
,
that
he
deemed
it
proper
to
whisper
the
explanation
--
"
She
was
the
affianced
bride
of
the
noble
Athelstane
.
"
--
It
may
be
doubted
whether
this
communication
went
a
far
way
to
increase
Wilfred
's
disposition
to
sympathize
with
the
mourners
of
Coningsburgh
.
Having
thus
formally
introduced
the
guests
to
the
different
chambers
in
which
the
obsequies
of
Athelstane
were
celebrated
under
different
forms
,
Cedric
conducted
them
into
a
small
room
,
destined
,
as
he
informed
them
,
for
the
exclusive
accomodation
of
honourable
guests
,
whose
more
slight
connexion
with
the
deceased
might
render
them
unwilling
to
join
those
who
were
immediately
effected
by
the
unhappy
event
.
He
assured
them
of
every
accommodation
,
and
was
about
to
withdraw
when
the
Black
Knight
took
his
hand
.
"
I
crave
to
remind
you
,
noble
Thane
,
"
he
said
,
"
that
when
we
last
parted
,
you
promised
,
for
the
service
I
had
the
fortune
to
render
you
,
to
grant
me
a
boon
.
"
"
It
is
granted
ere
named
,
noble
Knight
,
"
said
Cedric
;
"
yet
,
at
this
sad
moment
--
"
"
Of
that
also
,
"
said
the
King
,
"
I
have
bethought
me
--
but
my
time
is
brief
--
neither
does
it
seem
to
me
unfit
,
that
,
when
closing
the
grave
on
the
noble
Athelstane
,
we
should
deposit
therein
certain
prejudices
and
hasty
opinions
.
"
"
Sir
Knight
of
the
Fetterlock
,
"
said
Cedric
,
colouring
,
and
interrupting
the
King
in
his
turn
,
"
I
trust
your
boon
regards
yourself
and
no
other
;
for
in
that
which
concerns
the
honour
of
my
house
,
it
is
scarce
fitting
that
a
stranger
should
mingle
.
"
"
Nor
do
I
wish
to
mingle
,
"
said
the
King
,
mildly
,
"
unless
in
so
far
as
you
will
admit
me
to
have
an
interest
.
As
yet
you
have
known
me
but
as
the
Black
Knight
of
the
Fetterlock
--
Know
me
now
as
Richard
Plantagenet
.
"
"
Richard
of
Anjou
!
"
exclaimed
Cedric
,
stepping
backward
with
the
utmost
astonishment
.
