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Chapter 22

           "Takeallthatyouhaveasked,"saidhe,"SirKnighttaketentimesmorereducemetoruinandtobeggary,ifthouwilt,nay,piercemewiththyponiard,broilmeonthatfurnace,butsparemydaughter,deliverherinsafetyandhonour!Asthouartbornofwoman,sparethehonourofahelplessmaidenSheistheimageofmydeceasedRachel,sheisthelastofsixpledgesofherloveWillyoudepriveawidowedhusbandofhissoleremainingcomfort?Willyoureduceafathertowishthathisonlylivingchildwerelaidbesideherdeadmother,inthetombofourfathers?"

           "Iwould,"saidtheNorman,somewhatrelenting,"thatIhadknownofthisbefore.Ithoughtyourracehadlovednothingsavetheirmoneybags."

           "Thinknotsovilelyofus,Jewsthoughwebe,"saidIsaac,eagertoimprovethemomentofapparentsympathy;"thehuntedfox,thetorturedwildcatlovesitsyoungthedespisedandpersecutedraceofAbrahamlovetheirchildren!"

           "Beitso,"saidFront-de-Boeuf;"Iwillbelieveitinfuture,Isaac,forthyverysakebutitaidsusnotnow,Icannothelpwhathashappened,orwhatistofollow;mywordispassedtomycomradeinarms,norwouldIbreakitfortenJewsandJewessestoboot.

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