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Chapter 7

           "Dogofanunbeliever,"saidanoldman,whosethreadbaretunicborewitnesstohispoverty,ashissword,anddagger,andgoldenchainintimatedhispretensionstorank,"whelpofashe-wolf!darestthoupressuponaChristian,andaNormangentlemanofthebloodofMontdidier?"

           ThisroughexpostulationwasaddressedtonootherthanouracquaintanceIsaac,who,richlyandevenmagnificentlydressedinagaberdineornamentedwithlaceandlinedwithfur,wasendeavouringtomakeplaceintheforemostrowbeneaththegalleryforhisdaughter,thebeautifulRebecca,whohadjoinedhimatAshby,andwhowasnowhangingonherfather’sarm,notalittleterrifiedbythepopulardispleasurewhichseemedgenerallyexcitedbyherparent’spresumption.ButIsaac,thoughwehaveseenhimsufficientlytimidonotheroccasions,knewwellthatatpresenthehadnothingtofear.Itwasnotinplacesofgeneralresort,orwheretheirequalswereassembled,thatanyavariciousormalevolentnobledurstofferhiminjury.AtsuchmeetingstheJewswereundertheprotectionofthegenerallaw;andifthatprovedaweakassurance,itusuallyhappenedthattherewereamongthepersonsassembledsomebarons,who,fortheirowninterestedmotives,werereadytoactastheirprotectors.Onthepresentoccasion,Isaacfeltmorethanusuallyconfident,beingawarethatPrinceJohnwaseventhenintheveryactofnegotiatingalargeloanfromtheJewsofYork,tobesecureduponcertainjewelsandlands.

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