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Chapter 31

           Duringthiscombatandthebriefconversationwhichensued,Cedric,attheheadofabodyofmen,amongwhomtheFriarwasconspicuous,hadpushedacrossthebridgeassoonastheysawtheposternopen,anddrovebackthedispiritedanddespairingfollowersofDeBracy,ofwhomsomeaskedquarter,someofferedvainresistance,andthegreaterpartfledtowardsthecourt-yard.DeBracyhimselfarosefromtheground,andcastasorrowfulglanceafterhisconqueror."Hetrustsmenot!"herepeated;"buthaveIdeservedhistrust?"Hethenliftedhisswordfromthefloor,tookoffhishelmetintokenofsubmission,and,goingtothebarbican,gaveuphisswordtoLocksley,whomhemetbytheway.

           Asthefireaugmented,symptomsofitbecamesoonapparentinthechamber,whereIvanhoewaswatchedandtendedbytheJewessRebecca.Hehadbeenawakenedfromhisbriefslumberbythenoiseofthebattle;andhisattendant,whohad,athisanxiousdesire,againplacedherselfatthewindowtowatchandreporttohimthefateoftheattack,wasforsometimepreventedfromobservingeither,bytheincreaseofthesmoulderingandstiflingvapour.Atlengththevolumesofsmokewhichrolledintotheapartmentthecriesforwater,whichwereheardevenabovethedinofthebattlemadethemsensibleoftheprogressofthisnewdanger.

           "Thecastleburns,"saidRebecca;"itburns!Whatcanwedotosaveourselves?"

           "Fly,Rebecca,andsavethineownlife,"saidIvanhoe,"fornohumanaidcanavailme.

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