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At
length
the
champion
paused
beneath
the
balcony
in
which
the
Lady
Rowena
was
placed
,
and
the
expectation
of
the
spectators
was
excited
to
the
utmost
.
It
must
be
owned
,
that
if
an
interest
displayed
in
his
success
could
have
bribed
the
Disinherited
Knight
,
the
part
of
the
lists
before
which
he
paused
had
merited
his
predilection
.
Cedric
the
Saxon
,
overjoyed
at
the
discomfiture
of
the
Templar
,
and
still
more
so
at
the
miscarriage
of
his
two
malevolent
neighbours
,
Front-de-Boeuf
and
Malvoisin
,
had
,
with
his
body
half
stretched
over
the
balcony
,
accompanied
the
victor
in
each
course
,
not
with
his
eyes
only
,
but
with
his
whole
heart
and
soul
.
The
Lady
Rowena
had
watched
the
progress
of
the
day
with
equal
attention
,
though
without
openly
betraying
the
same
intense
interest
.
Even
the
unmoved
Athelstane
had
shown
symptoms
of
shaking
off
his
apathy
,
when
,
calling
for
a
huge
goblet
of
muscadine
,
he
quaffed
it
to
the
health
of
the
Disinherited
Knight
.
Another
group
,
stationed
under
the
gallery
occupied
by
the
Saxons
,
had
shown
no
less
interest
in
the
fate
of
the
day
.
"
Father
Abraham
!
"
said
Isaac
of
York
,
when
the
first
course
was
run
betwixt
the
Templar
and
the
Disinherited
Knight
,
"
how
fiercely
that
Gentile
rides
!
Ah
,
the
good
horse
that
was
brought
all
the
long
way
from
Barbary
,
he
takes
no
more
care
of
him
than
if
he
were
a
wild
ass
's
colt
--
and
the
noble
armour
,
that
was
worth
so
many
zecchins
to
Joseph
Pareira
,
the
armourer
of
Milan
,
besides
seventy
in
the
hundred
of
profits
,
he
cares
for
it
as
little
as
if
he
had
found
it
in
the
highways
!
"
"
If
he
risks
his
own
person
and
limbs
,
father
,
"
said
Rebecca
,
"
in
doing
such
a
dreadful
battle
,
he
can
scarce
be
expected
to
spare
his
horse
and
armour
.
"
"
Child
!
"
replied
Isaac
,
somewhat
heated
,
"
thou
knowest
not
what
thou
speakest
--
His
neck
and
limbs
are
his
own
,
but
his
horse
and
armour
belong
to
--
Holy
Jacob
!
what
was
I
about
to
say
!
--
Nevertheless
,
it
is
a
good
youth
--
See
,
Rebecca
!
see
,
he
is
again
about
to
go
up
to
battle
against
the
Philistine
--
Pray
,
child
--
pray
for
the
safety
of
the
good
youth
,
--
and
of
the
speedy
horse
,
and
the
rich
armour
.
--
God
of
my
fathers
!
"
he
again
exclaimed
,
"
he
hath
conquered
,
and
the
uncircumcised
Philistine
hath
fallen
before
his
lance
,
--
even
as
Og
the
King
of
Bashan
,
and
Sihon
,
King
of
the
Amorites
,
fell
before
the
sword
of
our
fathers
!
--
Surely
he
shall
take
their
gold
and
their
silver
,
and
their
war-horses
,
and
their
armour
of
brass
and
of
steel
,
for
a
prey
and
for
a
spoil
.
"
The
same
anxiety
did
the
worthy
Jew
display
during
every
course
that
was
run
,
seldom
failing
to
hazard
a
hasty
calculation
concerning
the
value
of
the
horse
and
armour
which
was
forfeited
to
the
champion
upon
each
new
success
.
There
had
been
therefore
no
small
interest
taken
in
the
success
of
the
Disinherited
Knight
,
by
those
who
occupied
the
part
of
the
lists
before
which
he
now
paused
.
Whether
from
indecision
,
or
some
other
motive
of
hesitation
,
the
champion
of
the
day
remained
stationary
for
more
than
a
minute
,
while
the
eyes
of
the
silent
audience
were
riveted
upon
his
motions
;
and
then
,
gradually
and
gracefully
sinking
the
point
of
his
lance
,
he
deposited
the
coronet
which
it
supported
at
the
feet
of
the
fair
Rowena
.
The
trumpets
instantly
sounded
,
while
the
heralds
proclaimed
the
Lady
Rowena
the
Queen
of
Beauty
and
of
Love
for
the
ensuing
day
,
menacing
with
suitable
penalties
those
who
should
be
disobedient
to
her
authority
.
They
then
repeated
their
cry
of
Largesse
,
to
which
Cedric
,
in
the
height
of
his
joy
,
replied
by
an
ample
donative
,
and
to
which
Athelstane
,
though
less
promptly
,
added
one
equally
large
.
There
was
some
murmuring
among
the
damsels
of
Norman
descent
,
who
were
as
much
unused
to
see
the
preference
given
to
a
Saxon
beauty
,
as
the
Norman
nobles
were
to
sustain
defeat
in
the
games
of
chivalry
which
they
themselves
had
introduced
.
But
these
sounds
of
disaffection
were
drowned
by
the
popular
shout
of
"
Long
live
the
Lady
Rowena
,
the
chosen
and
lawful
Queen
of
Love
and
of
Beauty
!
"
To
which
many
in
the
lower
area
added
,
"
Long
live
the
Saxon
Princess
!
long
live
the
race
of
the
immortal
Alfred
!
"
However
unacceptable
these
sounds
might
be
to
Prince
John
,
and
to
those
around
him
,
he
saw
himself
nevertheless
obliged
to
confirm
the
nomination
of
the
victor
,
and
accordingly
calling
to
horse
,
he
left
his
throne
;
and
mounting
his
jennet
,
accompanied
by
his
train
,
he
again
entered
the
lists
.
The
Prince
paused
a
moment
beneath
the
gallery
of
the
Lady
Alicia
,
to
whom
he
paid
his
compliments
,
observing
,
at
the
same
time
,
to
those
around
him
--
"
By
my
halidome
,
sirs
!
if
the
Knight
's
feats
in
arms
have
shown
that
he
hath
limbs
and
sinews
,
his
choice
hath
no
less
proved
that
his
eyes
are
none
of
the
clearest
.
"
