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Chapter 6

           Thetouchprobablyassociated,asisusual,withsomeoftheapprehensionsexcitedbyhisdream;fortheoldmanstartedup,hisgreyhairstandingalmosterectuponhishead,andhuddlingsomepartofhisgarmentsabouthim,whileheheldthedetachedpieceswiththetenaciousgraspofafalcon,hefixeduponthePalmerhiskeenblackeyes,expressiveofwildsurpriseandofbodilyapprehension.

           "Fearnothingfromme,Isaac,"saidthePalmer,"Icomeasyourfriend."

           "TheGodofIsraelrequiteyou,"saidtheJew,greatlyrelieved;"IdreamedButFatherAbrahambepraised,itwasbutadream."Then,collectinghimself,headdedinhisusualtone,"AndwhatmayitbeyourpleasuretowantatsoearlyanhourwiththepoorJew?"

           "Itistotellyou,"saidthePalmer,"thatifyouleavenotthismansioninstantly,andtravelnotwithsomehaste,yourjourneymayproveadangerousone."

           "Holyfather!"saidtheJew,"whomcoulditinteresttoendangersopoorawretchasIam?"

           "Thepurposeyoucanbestguess,"saidthePilgrim;"butrelyonthis,thatwhentheTemplarcrossedthehallyesternight,hespoketohisMussulmanslavesintheSaracenlanguage,whichIwellunderstand,andchargedthemthismorningtowatchthejourneyoftheJew,toseizeuponhimwhenataconvenientdistancefromthemansion,andtoconducthimtothecastleofPhilipdeMalvoisin,ortothatofReginaldFront-de-Boeuf."

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