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Chapter 28

           ButIvanhoewastoogoodaCatholictoretainthesameclassoffeelingstowardsaJewess.ThisRebeccahadforeseen,andforthisverypurposeshehadhastenedtomentionherfather’snameandlineage;yetforthefairandwisedaughterofIsaacwasnotwithoutatouchoffemaleweaknessshecouldnotbutsighinternallywhentheglanceofrespectfuladmiration,notaltogetherunmixedwithtenderness,withwhichIvanhoehadhithertoregardedhisunknownbenefactress,wasexchangedatonceforamannercold,composed,andcollected,andfraughtwithnodeeperfeelingthanthatwhichexpressedagratefulsenseofcourtesyreceivedfromanunexpectedquarter,andfromoneofaninferiorrace.ItwasnotthatIvanhoe’sformercarriageexpressedmorethanthatgeneraldevotionalhomagewhichyouthalwayspaystobeauty;yetitwasmortifyingthatonewordshouldoperateasaspelltoremovepoorRebecca,whocouldnotbesupposedaltogetherignorantofhertitletosuchhomage,intoadegradedclass,towhomitcouldnotbehonourablyrendered.

           ButthegentlenessandcandourofRebecca’snatureimputednofaulttoIvanhoeforsharingintheuniversalprejudicesofhisageandreligion.OnthecontrarythefairJewess,thoughsensibleherpatientnowregardedherasoneofaraceofreprobation,withwhomitwasdisgracefultoholdanybeyondthemostnecessaryintercourse,ceasednottopaythesamepatientanddevotedattentiontohissafetyandconvalescence.

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