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"

No

,

noble

Cedric

--

Richard

of

England

!

--

whose

deepest

interest

--

whose

deepest

wish

,

is

to

see

her

sons

united

with

each

other

.

--

And

,

how

now

,

worthy

Thane

!

hast

thou

no

knee

for

thy

prince

?

"

"

To

Norman

blood

,

"

said

Cedric

,

"

it

hath

never

bended

.

"

"

Reserve

thine

homage

then

,

"

said

the

Monarch

,

"

until

I

shall

prove

my

right

to

it

by

my

equal

protection

of

Normans

and

English

.

"

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"

Prince

,

"

answered

Cedric

,

"

I

have

ever

done

justice

to

thy

bravery

and

thy

worth

--

Nor

am

I

ignorant

of

thy

claim

to

the

crown

through

thy

descent

from

Matilda

,

niece

to

Edgar

Atheling

,

and

daughter

to

Malcolm

of

Scotland

.

But

Matilda

,

though

of

the

royal

Saxon

blood

,

was

not

the

heir

to

the

monarchy

.

"

"

I

will

not

dispute

my

title

with

thee

,

noble

Thane

,

"

said

Richard

,

calmly

;

"

but

I

will

bid

thee

look

around

thee

,

and

see

where

thou

wilt

find

another

to

be

put

into

the

scale

against

it

.

"

"

And

hast

thou

wandered

hither

,

Prince

,

to

tell

me

so

?

"

said

Cedric

--

"

To

upbraid

me

with

the

ruin

of

my

race

,

ere

the

grave

has

closed

o'er

the

last

scion

of

Saxon

royalty

?

"

--

His

countenance

darkened

as

he

spoke

.

--

"

It

was

boldly

--

it

was

rashly

done

!

"

"

Not

so

,

by

the

holy

rood

!

"

replied

the

King

;

"

it

was

done

in

the

frank

confidence

which

one

brave

man

may

repose

in

another

,

without

a

shadow

of

danger

.

"

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"

Thou

sayest

well

,

Sir

King

--

for

King

I

own

thou

art

,

and

wilt

be

,

despite

of

my

feeble

opposition

.

--

I

dare

not

take

the

only

mode

to

prevent

it

,

though

thou

hast

placed

the

strong

temptation

within

my

reach

!

"

"

And

now

to

my

boon

,

"

said

the

King

,

"

which

I

ask

not

with

one

jot

the

less

confidence

,

that

thou

hast

refused

to

acknowledge

my

lawful

sovereignty

.

I

require

of

thee

,

as

a

man

of

thy

word

,

on

pain

of

being

held

faithless

,

man-sworn

,

and

nidering

,

to

forgive

and

receive

to

thy

paternal

affection

the

good

knight

,

Wilfred

of

Ivanhoe

.

In

this

reconciliation

thou

wilt

own

I

have

an

interest

--

the

happiness

of

my

friend

,

and

the

quelling

of

dissension

among

my

faithful

people

.

"

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