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Chapter 10

           "Ay,"answeredIsaac,"butifthetyrantlaysholdonthemashedidto-day,andcompelsmetosmilewhileheisrobbingme?O,daughter,disinheritedandwanderingasweare,theworstevilwhichbefallsourraceis,thatwhenwearewrongedandplundered,alltheworldlaughsaround,andwearecompelledtosuppressoursenseofinjury,andtosmiletamely,whenwewouldrevengebravely."

           "Thinknotthusofit,myfather,"saidRebecca;"wealsohaveadvantages.TheseGentiles,cruelandoppressiveastheyare,areinsomesortdependentonthedispersedchildrenofZion,whomtheydespiseandpersecute.Withouttheaidofourwealth,theycouldneitherfurnishforththeirhostsinwar,northeirtriumphsinpeace,andthegoldwhichwelendthemreturnswithincreasetoourcoffers.Weareliketheherbwhichflourishethmostwhenitismosttrampledon.Eventhisday’spageanthadnotproceededwithouttheconsentofthedespisedJew,whofurnishedthemeans."

           "Daughter,"saidIsaac,"thouhastharpeduponanotherstringofsorrow.Thegoodlysteedandthericharmour,equaltothefullprofitofmyadventurewithourKirjathJairamofLeicesterthereisadeadlosstooay,alosswhichswallowsupthegainsofaweek;ay,ofthespacebetweentwoSabbathsandyetitmayendbetterthanInowthink,for’tisagoodyouth."

           "Assuredly,"saidRebecca,"youshallnotrepentyouofrequitingthegooddeedreceivedofthestrangerknight."

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