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Chapter 29

           "SaintGeorgestrikeforus!"exclaimedtheknight;"dothefalseyeomengiveway?"

           "No!"exclaimedRebecca,"theybearthemselvesrightyeomanly—theBlackKnightapproachestheposternwithhishugeaxe—thethunderingblowswhichhedeals,youmayhearthemaboveallthedinandshoutsofthebattle—Stonesandbeamsarehaileddownontheboldchampion—heregardsthemnomorethaniftheywerethistle-downorfeathers!"

           "BySaintJohnofAcre,"saidIvanhoe,raisinghimselfjoyfullyonhiscouch,"methoughttherewasbutonemaninEnglandthatmightdosuchadeed!"

           "Theposterngateshakes,"continuedRebecca;"itcrashes—itissplinteredbyhisblows—theyrushin—theoutworkiswon—Oh,God!—theyhurlthedefendersfromthebattlements—theythrowthemintothemoat—Omen,ifyebeindeedmen,sparethemthatcanresistnolonger!"

           "Thebridge—thebridgewhichcommunicateswiththecastle—havetheywonthatpass?"exclaimedIvanhoe.

           "No,"repliedRebecca,"TheTemplarhasdestroyedtheplankonwhichtheycrossed—fewofthedefendersescapedwithhimintothecastle—theshrieksandcrieswhichyouheartellthefateoftheothers—Alas!—Iseeitisstillmoredifficulttolookuponvictorythanuponbattle."

           "Whatdotheynow,maiden?"saidIvanhoe;"lookforthyetagain—thisisnotimetofaintatbloodshed."

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