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Chapter 6

           "Pilgrim,"saidthelady,afteramoment’spause,duringwhichsheseemeduncertainhowtoaddresshim,"youthisnightmentionedanameImean,"shesaid,withadegreeofeffort,"thenameofIvanhoe,inthehallswherebynatureandkindreditshouldhavesoundedmostacceptably;andyet,suchistheperversecourseoffate,thatofmanywhoseheartsmusthavethrobbedatthesound,I,only,dareaskyouwhere,andinwhatcondition,youlefthimofwhomyouspoke?Weheard,that,havingremainedinPalestine,onaccountofhisimpairedhealth,afterthedepartureoftheEnglisharmy,hehadexperiencedthepersecutionoftheFrenchfaction,towhomtheTemplarsareknowntobeattached."

           "IknowlittleoftheKnightofIvanhoe,"answeredthePalmer,withatroubledvoice."IwouldIknewhimbetter,sinceyou,lady,areinterestedinhisfate.Hehath,Ibelieve,surmountedthepersecutionofhisenemiesinPalestine,andisontheeveofreturningtoEngland,whereyou,lady,mustknowbetterthanI,whatishischanceofhappiness."

           TheLadyRowenasigheddeeply,andaskedmoreparticularlywhentheKnightofIvanhoemightbeexpectedinhisnativecountry,andwhetherhewouldnotbeexposedtogreatdangersbytheroad.Onthefirstpoint,thePalmerprofessedignorance;onthesecond,hesaidthatthevoyagemightbesafelymadebythewayofVeniceandGenoa,andfromthencethroughFrancetoEngland.

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