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Chapter 28

           HerknowledgeofmedicineandofthehealingarthadbeenacquiredunderanagedJewess,thedaughterofoneoftheirmostcelebrateddoctors,wholovedRebeccaasherownchild,andwasbelievedtohavecommunicatedtohersecrets,whichhadbeenlefttoherselfbyhersagefatheratthesametime,andunderthesamecircumstances.ThefateofMiriamhadindeedbeentofallasacrificetothefanaticismofthetimes;buthersecretshadsurvivedinheraptpupil.

           Rebecca,thusendowedwithknowledgeaswithbeauty,wasuniversallyreveredandadmiredbyherowntribe,whoalmostregardedherasoneofthosegiftedwomenmentionedinthesacredhistory.Herfatherhimself,outofreverenceforhertalents,whichinvoluntarilymingleditselfwithhisunboundedaffection,permittedthemaidenagreaterlibertythanwasusuallyindulgedtothoseofhersexbythehabitsofherpeople,andwas,aswehavejustseen,frequentlyguidedbyheropinion,eveninpreferencetohisown.

           WhenIvanhoereachedthehabitationofIsaac,hewasstillinastateofunconsciousness,owingtotheprofuselossofbloodwhichhadtakenplaceduringhisexertionsinthelists.Rebeccaexaminedthewound,andhavingappliedtoitsuchvulneraryremediesasherartprescribed,informedherfatherthatiffevercouldbeaverted,ofwhichthegreatbleedingrenderedherlittleapprehensive,andifthehealingbalsamofMiriamretaineditsvirtue,therewasnothingtofearforhisguest’slife,andthathemightwithsafetytraveltoYorkwiththemontheensuingday.

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