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Chapter 24

           "ThepresenceofthemotherofGodwerenoprotection,"answeredtheoldwoman."Thereshestands,"pointingtoarudeimageoftheVirginMary,"seeifshecanavertthefatethatawaitsthee."

           Shelefttheroomasshespoke,herfeatureswrithedintoasortofsneeringlaugh,whichmadethemseemevenmorehideousthantheirhabitualfrown.Shelockedthedoorbehindher,andRebeccamighthearhercurseeverystepforitssteepness,asslowlyandwithdifficultyshedescendedtheturret-stair.

           RebeccawasnowtoexpectafateevenmoredreadfulthanthatofRowena;forwhatprobabilitywastherethateithersoftnessorceremonywouldbeusedtowardsoneofheroppressedrace,whatevershadowofthesemightbepreservedtowardsaSaxonheiress?YethadtheJewessthisadvantage,thatshewasbetterpreparedbyhabitsofthought,andbynaturalstrengthofmind,toencounterthedangerstowhichshewasexposed.Ofastrongandobservingcharacter,evenfromherearliestyears,thepompandwealthwhichherfatherdisplayedwithinhiswalls,orwhichshewitnessedinthehousesofotherwealthyHebrews,hadnotbeenabletoblindhertotheprecariouscircumstancesunderwhichtheywereenjoyed.LikeDamoclesathiscelebratedbanquet,Rebeccaperpetuallybeheld,amidthatgorgeousdisplay,theswordwhichwassuspendedovertheheadsofherpeoplebyasinglehair.Thesereflectionshadtamedandbroughtdowntoapitchofsounderjudgmentatemper,which,underothercircumstances,mighthavewaxedhaughty,supercilious,andobstinate."

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