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Chapter 22

           "Iam,then,"saidIsaac,"onlytobesetatliberty,togetherwithminewoundedfriend?"

           "ShallItwicerecommendit,"saidFront-de-Boeuf,"toasonofIsrael,tomeddlewithhisownconcerns,andleavethoseofothersalone?Sincethouhastmadethychoice,itremainsbutthatthoupayestdownthyransom,andthatatashortday."

           "Yethearme,"saidtheJew"forthesakeofthatverywealthwhichthouwouldstobtainattheexpenseofthy"Herehestoptshort,afraidofirritatingthesavageNorman.ButFront-de-Boeufonlylaughed,andhimselffilleduptheblankatwhichtheJewhadhesitated.

           "Attheexpenseofmyconscience,thouwouldstsay,Isaac;speakitoutItellthee,Iamreasonable.Icanbearthereproachesofaloser,evenwhenthatloserisaJew.Thouwertnotsopatient,Isaac,whenthoudidstinvokejusticeagainstJacquesFitzdotterel,forcallingtheeausuriousblood-sucker,whenthyexactionshaddevouredhispatrimony."

           "IswearbytheTalmud,"saidtheJew,"thatyourvalourhasbeenmisledinthatmatter.Fitzdottereldrewhisponiarduponmeinmineownchamber,becauseIcravedhimformineownsilver.ThetermofpaymentwasdueatthePassover."

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