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Gurth
,
gallantly
apparelled
,
attended
as
esquire
upon
his
young
master
whom
he
had
served
so
faithfully
,
and
the
magnanimous
Wamba
,
decorated
with
a
new
cap
and
a
most
gorgeous
set
of
silver
bells
.
Sharers
of
Wilfred
's
dangers
and
adversity
,
they
remained
,
as
they
had
a
right
to
expect
,
the
partakers
of
his
more
prosperous
career
.
But
besides
this
domestic
retinue
,
these
distinguished
nuptials
were
celebrated
by
the
attendance
of
the
high-born
Normans
,
as
well
as
Saxons
,
joined
with
the
universal
jubilee
of
the
lower
orders
,
that
marked
the
marriage
of
two
individuals
as
a
pledge
of
the
future
peace
and
harmony
betwixt
two
races
,
which
,
since
that
period
,
have
been
so
completely
mingled
,
that
the
distinction
has
become
wholly
invisible
.
Cedric
lived
to
see
this
union
approximate
towards
its
completion
;
for
as
the
two
nations
mixed
in
society
and
formed
intermarriages
with
each
other
,
the
Normans
abated
their
scorn
,
and
the
Saxons
were
refined
from
their
rusticity
.
But
it
was
not
until
the
reign
of
Edward
the
Third
that
the
mixed
language
,
now
termed
English
,
was
spoken
at
the
court
of
London
,
and
that
the
hostile
distinction
of
Norman
and
Saxon
seems
entirely
to
have
disappeared
.
It
was
upon
the
second
morning
after
this
happy
bridal
,
that
the
Lady
Rowena
was
made
acquainted
by
her
handmaid
Elgitha
,
that
a
damsel
desired
admission
to
her
presence
,
and
solicited
that
their
parley
might
be
without
witness
.
Rowena
wondered
,
hesitated
,
became
curious
,
and
ended
by
commanding
the
damsel
to
be
admitted
,
and
her
attendants
to
withdraw
.
She
entered
--
a
noble
and
commanding
figure
,
the
long
white
veil
,
in
which
she
was
shrouded
,
overshadowing
rather
than
concealing
the
elegance
and
majesty
of
her
shape
.
Her
demeanour
was
that
of
respect
,
unmingled
by
the
least
shade
either
of
fear
,
or
of
a
wish
to
propitiate
favour
.
Rowena
was
ever
ready
to
acknowledge
the
claims
,
and
attend
to
the
feelings
,
of
others
.
She
arose
,
and
would
have
conducted
her
lovely
visitor
to
a
seat
;
but
the
stranger
looked
at
Elgitha
,
and
again
intimated
a
wish
to
discourse
with
the
Lady
Rowena
alone
.
Elgitha
had
no
sooner
retired
with
unwilling
steps
,
than
,
to
the
surprise
of
the
Lady
of
Ivanhoe
,
her
fair
visitant
kneeled
on
one
knee
,
pressed
her
hands
to
her
forehead
,
and
bending
her
head
to
the
ground
,
in
spite
of
Rowena
's
resistance
,
kissed
the
embroidered
hem
of
her
tunic
.
"
What
means
this
,
lady
?
"
said
the
surprised
bride
;
"
or
why
do
you
offer
to
me
a
deference
so
unusual
?
"
"
Because
to
you
,
Lady
of
Ivanhoe
,
"
said
Rebecca
,
rising
up
and
resuming
the
usual
quiet
dignity
of
her
manner
,
"
I
may
lawfully
,
and
without
rebuke
,
pay
the
debt
of
gratitude
which
I
owe
to
Wilfred
of
Ivanhoe
.
I
am
--
forgive
the
boldness
which
has
offered
to
you
the
homage
of
my
country
--
I
am
the
unhappy
Jewess
,
for
whom
your
husband
hazarded
his
life
against
such
fearful
odds
in
the
tiltyard
of
Templestowe
.
"
"
Damsel
,
"
said
Rowena
,
"
Wilfred
of
Ivanhoe
on
that
day
rendered
back
but
in
slight
measure
your
unceasing
charity
towards
him
in
his
wounds
and
misfortunes
.
Speak
,
is
there
aught
remains
in
which
he
or
I
can
serve
thee
?
"
"
Nothing
,
"
said
Rebecca
,
calmly
,
"
unless
you
will
transmit
to
him
my
grateful
farewell
.
"
"
You
leave
England
then
?
"
said
Rowena
,
scarce
recovering
the
surprise
of
this
extraordinary
visit
.
