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Chapter 28

           "Nay,"saidRebecca,"thyweaknessandthygrief,SirKnight,maketheemiscalculatethepurposesofHeaven.Thouhastbeenrestoredtothycountrywhenitmostneededtheassistanceofastronghandandatrueheart,andthouhasthumbledtheprideofthineenemiesandthoseofthyking,whentheirhornwasmosthighlyexalted,andfortheevilwhichthouhastsustained,seestthounotthatHeavenhasraisedtheeahelperandaphysician,evenamongthemostdespisedoftheland?Therefore,beofgoodcourage,andtrustthatthouartpreservedforsomemarvelwhichthinearmshallworkbeforethispeople.AdieuandhavingtakenthemedicinewhichIshallsendtheebythehandofReuben,composethyselfagaintorest,thatthoumayestbethemoreabletoendurethejourneyonthesucceedingday."

           Ivanhoewasconvincedbythereasoning,andobeyedthedirections,ofRebecca.ThedroughtwhichReubenadministeredwasofasedativeandnarcoticquality,andsecuredthepatientsoundandundisturbedslumbers.Inthemorninghiskindphysicianfoundhimentirelyfreefromfeverishsymptoms,andfittoundergothefatigueofajourney.

           Hewasdepositedinthehorse-litterwhichhadbroughthimfromthelists,andeveryprecautiontakenforhistravellingwithease.InonecircumstanceonlyeventheentreatiesofRebeccawereunabletosecuresufficientattentiontotheaccommodationofthewoundedknight.

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