Айвенго

Chapter 39

           Rebecca,ifIappearnotintheselistsIlosefameandranklosethatwhichisthebreathofmynostrils,theesteem,Imean,inwhichIamheldbymybrethren,andthehopesIhaveofsucceedingtothatmightyauthority,whichisnowwieldedbythebigoteddotardLucasdeBeaumanoir,butofwhichIshouldmakeadifferentuse.Suchismycertaindoom,exceptIappearinarmsagainstthycause.AccursedbeheofGoodalricke,whobaitedthistrapforme!anddoublyaccursedAlbertdeMalvoisin,whowithheldmefromtheresolutionIhadformed,ofhurlingbackthegloveatthefaceofthesuperstitiousandsuperannuatedfool,wholistenedtoachargesoabsurd,andagainstacreaturesohighinmind,andsolovelyinformasthouart!"

           "Andwhatnowavailsrantorflattery?"answeredRebecca."Thouhastmadethychoicebetweencausingtobeshedthebloodofaninnocentwoman,orofendangeringthineownearthlystateandearthlyhopesWhatavailsittoreckontogether?thychoiceismade."

           "No,Rebecca,"saidtheknight,inasoftertone,anddrawingnearertowardsher;"mychoiceisNOTmadenay,mark,itisthinetomaketheelection.IfIappearinthelists,Imustmaintainmynameinarms;andifIdoso,championedorunchampioned,thoudiestbythestakeandfaggot,fortherelivesnottheknightwhohathcopedwithmeinarmsonequalissue,orontermsofvantage,saveRichardCoeur-de-Lion,andhisminionofIvanhoe.Ivanhoe,asthouwellknowest,isunabletobearhiscorslet,andRichardisinaforeignprison.

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